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i. . [Icel. ætla, etla=to think, to intend.] A. In trans.: To expect, to intend. B. Trans.: To aim, to intend. "He drees the doom he ettled for me." -Scott: Rob Roy , ch. xxxiv. ět-tle, s. [ETTLE, v.] Aim, intention, purpose, intent. ět-tring-īte, s. [Named from Ettringen, on the Rhine, where it is found.] Min .: The name given by Lehmann, and other chemical writers since, to a hydrated sulphate of lime and alumina, Al2O33SO3+6(CaOHO)+26 Aq. Crystallization hexagonal. In minute needles in limestone inclosures of a lava. ět-ui' (ui as wē), ět-wee', et-wee-case, s . [Fr. étui ; O. Fr. estui , from M. H. Ger. etuche a sheath.] A pocket-case for pins, needles, .; a ladies' reticule. "The gold etui With all its bright inhabitants." Shenstone: Economy, i. fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, 1706 ětým, s. [ΕΤΥΜΟΝ.] *ět-y-mol-o-ger, s. [English etymolog(y; -er.] The same as ETYMOLOGIST (q. v.). "Laws there must be; and 'lex a ligan do,' saith the etymologer." Dr. Grifith: Fear of God and the King (1660), p. 82. *ět-ỹ-mô-lôg-ic, a. [Gr. etymologikos ; Latin etymologicus, from etymologia etymology (q. v.); Fr. étymologique .] Pertaining to etymology. ět-y-mô-log-ic-al, a. [Eng. etymologic ; -al.] Pertaining or relating to etymology or the deriva tion or source of words. "Excuse this conceit, this etymological observation."Locke: To the Bishop of Worcester. ět-y-mo-log-ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. etymological; -ly.] According to or by means of etymology.