egrimony2t (egrimoni)

[L. ægrimonia, sorrow, anxiety, What can be more egregiously absurd, than to di ent in our opinion, and discord in our choice, from infinite wisdom? egregiousne (e-grējus-nes), n. The state or egrimonylt, n. An obsolete form of agrimony . quality of being egregious. egremoinet, n. An obsolete variant of agri egre (ē'gres, formerly ē-gres'), n. [= Pg. It. egre o, egre us , a going out, egre us, pp. of egredi , go out, grad i , go: see grade. Cf. ingre , progre , regre .] 1. The act of going or i uing out; a going or pa ing out; departure, especially from an inclosed or confined place. Their [bishops'] lips, as doors, are not to be opened but for egre of instruction and sound knowledge. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. Gates of burning adamant, Barr'd over us, prohibit all egre . Milton , P. L., ii. 437. 2. Provision for pa ing out; a means or place of exit. The egre , on this side, is under a great stone archway, thrown out from the palace and surmounted with the family arms. H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 162. 3. In astron., the pa ing of a star, planet, or satellite (except the moon) out from behind or before the disk of the sun, the moon, or a planet. egre (e-gres'), v. i. [ To go out; depart; leave. [Rare.] egre ion (e-gresh'on), n. [= Sp. (obs.) egre sion, L. egre io (n-), B. Jonson, Devil is an A , v. 4. The wise and good men of the world,... especially in the days and periods of their joy and festival egre ions, chose to throw some ashes into their chalices. Jer. Taylor, Holy Dying, ii. 1. egre or (e-gres'or), n. One who goes out. egret (e'gret), n. [Also, in some senses, aigret, aigrette, formerly egrett, egrette, ægret; In the famous feast of Archbishop Nevill, we find no le than a you sand a ste rides, egrets or egrittes , as it is differently spelt. Pennant , Brit. Zoology. 2. A heron's plume. Their head tyres of flowers, mix'd with silver, and gold, with some sprigs of ægrets among. B. Jonson, Masques, Chlorid i a, 3. A topknot, plume, or bunch of long feathers upon the head of a bird; a plumicorn: as, the egrets of an owl.-4. Same as aigret , 2.-5. In bot . , the flying, feathery, or hairy down of seeds, as the down of the thistle.-6. A monkey, Ma cacus cynomolgus, an East Indian species commonly seen in confinement. - Great white egret, the white heron of Europe ( Herodias alba ), or of America American Great White Egret ( Herodias egretta). ( Herodias egretta ), 3 feet or more in length, entirely white, with a magnificent train of long, decomposed, fastigiate plumes drooping far beyond the tail. Little white or of America ( Garzetta can did is sima ), about 2 feet long, manner.