emplastic

& s. [Gr. emplastikos, from empla o =to daub or smear over.] A. As adj .: Viscous, glutinous, adhering; fit to be used for a plaster. "Resin, by its emplastic quality, mixed with oil of roses perfects the concoction."-Wiseman: Surgery. IMG:content-0936.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0938.png:[blocks in formation] Of horror, whereinto she was so suddenly emplunged ." Daniel: Hymen's Triumph. em-poison (poison as pois'n), *em-poy-son, v. t. [Pref. em, and Eng. poison (q. v.); Fr. em- 1. To administer poison to; to poison; to destroy with poison. "Complayning how with his empoysoned shot Their wofull harts he wounded." "As with a man with his own alms empoisoned, And with his charity slain." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , v. 5. *em-poison (poison as pois 'n), *em-poy-son, s. [EMPOISON, v.] Poison. *ěm-poison-er (poison as pois'n), *em-poy- son-er, s. [ Eng.empoison ; -er; Fr. empoisonneur .] A poisoner. "He is vehemently suspected to have been the em poisoner of his wife, thereby to make vacant his bed."- Bacon : Henry VII. "Who has taken notice of the ancient port of Whitby, formerly a famous emporium in those parts?"-Evelyn: Navigation and Commerce, § 20. 3. A mart, a center of supply. "Holland may be regarded as the great em- porium , not le of literature than of every other commo- dity."-Goldsmith: Polite Learning, ch. vi. *ěm-pound', v. t . [Pref. em, and Eng. pound (q. v.).] To impound. ěm-pov-er-ish, v . t . [IMPOVERISH.] *ěm-pov-er-ish-er, s . [IMPOVERISHER.] *ěm-pov'-er-Ish-ment, *ěm-pov'-ēr s . [IMPOVERISHMENT.] ěm-pow-er, v. t . [Pref. em-, and Eng. power Well fenced and numerous, desolation reigns, And emptine ." Philips: Blenheim. 6. Want of intellect or knowledge; silline . "Eternal smiles his emptine betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way." Pope : Prol , to Satires , 315, 316. 7. A want or absence of reality; vanity: unreality. "The wondrous virtue to educe From emptine itself a real use." IMG:content-0939.png:[blocks in formation] 10. Devoid of good qualities, "Godde es, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good." Milton: P. L., vi. 6. 1640 Genesis xli. 6. 12. Hungry. "My falcon now is sharp and pa ing empty." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 1. 13. Without anything to carry; unsatisfied. "I returned you an empty me enger." --Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, iii. 6. *14. Destitute, devoid. (Followed by of .) "Empty of defense." --Shakesp.: Henry V. , i. 2. 15. Free, clear. "I shall find you empty of that fault." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , v. 2. B. As subst.: An empty packing-case, or the like. Crabb thus discriminates between empty , vacant, void , and devoid : " Empty , in the natural sense, marks an absence of that which is substantial, or adapted for filling; vacant designates or marks the absence of that which should occupy or make use of a thing. That which is hollow may be empty; that which respects an even space may be vacant. A house is empty which has no inhabitants; a seat is vacant which is without an oсси pant. A dream is said to be vacant , or a title empty : a stare is said to be vacant , or an hour vacant. Void and devoid are used in the same sense as vacant , thus we speak of a creature as void of reason,, and of an individual as devoid of common sense." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) IMG:content-0940.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0941.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0942.png:[ocr errors] For the difference between empty and hollow , Bee HOLLOW. empty-handed, a . Having nothing in the hands; carrying or po e ing nothing of value. "Homeward hurried Hiawatha, Empty -handed, heavy-hearted." Long fellow: Song of Hiawatha , xx.