eger an, egerane

[From Eger in Bohemia, where it occurs.] Min.: The name given by Werner in 1817 to what is now called Vesuvianite (q. v.). The British Museum Catalogue makes it a variety of Idocrase. E-ger-I-a, E -gër-I-a, s. [Lat.] I. Of the forms Egeria or Ægeria:. 1. Cla ic Mythol .: A nymph or godde who had a fountain at Aricia. Thither Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, was said to have repaired to hold converse with her, obtaining from her the laws which he promulgated, and directions for the worship of the gods. 2.P Astron .: An asteroid, the thirteenth found. It was discovered by De Gas paris, on Sept. 13, 1850. II. Of the form egeria: 1. Zool.: A genus of decapod short-tailed Crustaceans. Egeria indica inhabits the Indian seas. 2. Bot .: A genus of Hydro char i daceæ. *e-ger-mi-nāte, v. i. [Latin eger min at us , pa. par. of egermino: e= ex =out, and germino = to sprout; germen =abud, a sprout.] To bud or sprout out; to germinate. *ē-ģěst', v . t . & i. [Latin egest us , pa. par. of egero to carry out: e = ex =out, and gero to carry.] A. Trans.: To void, as excrement. B. In trans.: To void excrement. *ē-gest-ing, pr . par ., a . & 8. [EGEST.] 1601 Zool.: The ovary. IMG:content-0790.png:[blocks in formation]