enstatite

[Ger. enstatit, from Gr. enstatēs =an adversary. So named because so refractory.] Min.: An orthorhombic mineral. Its hardne is 5.5; its specific gravity, 3'1-3-3; the luster vitreous, except on the cleavage surfaces, on which it is pearly; colors, white, green or brown; streak, gray. It is po e ed of double refraction. Composition: Silica, 60; magnesia, 40=100. There are two varieties: (1) enstatite proper, with little or no iron. It is of white color. Chladnite falls under this divis L'Estrange. *4. To betroth. "After his mother Mary was ensured to Joseph."- Sir John Cheke: Matt . i. 18. B. In trans.: To insure, to make certain; to be surety. ěn-sur-er (sur as shûr), &. [Eng. ensur(e); -er.] One who ensures; an insurer. *en-sweep', v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. sweep (q. v.).] To sweep over; to pa over rapidly. *ěn-swěpt', pa . par . or a . [ENSWEEP.] table.] en-tab-la-tûre, s . [O. Fr., from Lat. tabula =a 1. Arch .: Those members of a portico which were constructed upon the columns, consisting of the epistylium, zoophorus, and corona. Vitruvius uses the words ornament a column arum to signify these members; and sometimes he ion. (2) Ferriferous enstatite, called also bronzite. This contains iron, and is green or brown. Found in Pennsylvania, Texas, Bavaria and Moravia. includes the *en-steep', v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. steep (q.v.).] To immerse, plunge, sink, or soak. *ěn-stock', v . t. [Pref. en, and Eng. stock (q. v.).] To fix as in the stocks. *en-stör'e (1), *en-stor-en, *en-stoore, *in store, v. t. [Lat. instauro.] To restore, to rebuild. Crabb thus discriminates between to enslave and to captivate: "There is as much difference between these terms as between slavery and cap tivity : he who is a slave is fettered both body and mind: he who is captive is only constrained as to his body: hence to enslave is always taken in the boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, *ěn-störe (2), v. t. [Pref. en, and English store (q. v.).] 1. To lay up as in a store; to store or treasure up; to stock. 2. To include, to comprehend. three several parts in the term epistylia. The superstructure that lies horizontally upon the columns in the several orders or styles of architecture. It is divided into CORNICE FRIEZE OR ZOPHORUS. ARCHITRAVE OR EPISTYLIUM TUSCAN ORDER Entablature. -ENTABLATURE--> (q. v.).] To strangle. *ěn-struct', v . t . [INSTRUCT.] *ěn-struc-tion, s. [INSTRUCTION.] *en-stuff', v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. stuf (q. v.).] To stuff, to stow, to pre close, to cram. *ěn-style, *en-stile, v . t . [Pref. en, and Eng. style (q. v.).] To style, to name, to call. en-su-a-ble, a . [Eng. ensue; -able.] Ensuing, following. ěn-su'e, v. t. & i. [O. Fr. ensuir, from Lat. inse quor: in =upon, and sequor =to follow.] *A. Transitive: 1. To follow after; to seek. "Seek peace and ensue it."-1 Peter iii. 11. 2. To practice. "Precedent of all that armes ensue." Spenser: To Sir J. Norris. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper appropriate entablature, of which both the general height and the subdivisions are regulated by a scale of proportion derived from the diameter of the column. The entablature, though architects frequently vary from the proportions here specified, may, as a general rule, be set at one-fourth the height of the column. The total height thereof thus obtained is in all the orders, except the Doric, divided into ten parts, three of which are given to the architrave, three to the frieze, and four to the cornice. But in the Doric order the whole height should be divided into eight parts, and two given to the architrave, three to the frieze, and three to the cornice. ( Weale .) "A range of Corinthian pillars with their full entabla ture surmounted by a balustrade."-Eustace: Cla ical Tour, i. 132. 2. Ship build .: A strong iron frame supporting the paddle-shaft. It usually receives additional stiffne from being confined between two beams of timber, called the entablature or engine-beams. entablature-beam, s. Ship build.: [ENTABLATURE, 2.] ěn-tā-ble-ment, s. [Fr.] Arch.: The same as ENTABLATURE (q. v.). "They differ in nothing either in height, substance, or entablement from the feminine Ionic and masculine Doric."-Evelyn: On Architecture. *en-tac-kle, v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. tackle (q. v.).] To supply with tackle. "Your storm-driven shyp I repaired new, So well entackled , what wind soever blow, No stormy tempest your barge shall o'erthrow." Skelton: Poems , p. 26. en-ta-da, s. [The name given to one of the species in Malabar.J Bot.: A genus of Mimoseæ, tribe Eumimoseæ. Entada scandens, or Pursatha , formerly called Acacia scandens , is an immense climbing shrub, running over the highest trees and forming elegant festoons. The legumes are generally from one to three, but occasionally from six to eight, feet long. They are jointed, each joint four or five inches broad, with one large brown polished seed in each. The plant grows in the Western Ghauts, in India, and elsewhere in the eastern tropics, as well as in the hotter parts of America. The seeds are used by the natives of India for washing their hair. Dr. Gibson says that they are used as an antifebrile medicine by the Ghaut people. In Java and Sumatra, according to Rumphius, they are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.