Estreat

[0. Fr. estrait, from Lat. extract us.] ( Eng. Law.) The extract copy, or note of some original writing or record, and especially of fines and amercements, entered on the rolls of the court, to be levied by its bailiff or other officer. -v. a. ( Law .) To take from, by way of fine. Estrées, GABRIELLE D'. See GABRIELLE D'ESTRÉES. Estrella, a river of S. America, empties into the Pacific Ocean from Costa Rica, near Quaypo. Estrella, a town of the Republic of Colombia, prov. of Antioquia, about 5 m. S. W. of Me dell in. Estrella, in California , a post-village of San Luis Obispo co., about 40 m. N. N. E. of San Luis Obispo. Estrella, Porta da, a seaport-town of Brazil, on the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, abt. 16 m. N. of Rio. Estrella, Serra da, a mountain-chain of Brazil, prov. of Rio de Janeiro, Length from E. to W. abt. 18 m. Estrella, Serra de, a mountain range of Portugal, in the province of Beira. Length abt. 75 m. Highest peak 7,520 ft. waste made by the tenant for life upon any lands or woods, to the prejudice of him in reversion; also making land barren by continual ploughing. Estrich, Estridge, (est'rij,) n. (Com.) The fine down taken from beneath the feathers of the ostrich. Est'uary, n. See ÆSTUARY. Est'uate, v. n. [Lat. æstuare.] To boil; to swell, seethe, and rage; to be in a state of violent commotion. Estuation, n. [Lat. æstuatio.] Act of estuating; violent commotion, perturbation, or excitement; as, estuation of the blood. Eszek, E eck, E eg, a town and fortre of Austria, cap. of Slavonia, on the Drave, 13 m. from its confluence with the Danube; pop . 14,000. Etsærio, (e-te're-o,) n. [Gr. etaireia, society.] ( Bot .) A kind of fruit, examples of which are afforded by the Strawberry, Ranuncules, and Adonis. When the achænia (see ACHENIUM) borne by a single flower are so numerous that they form more than a single whorl or series, they constitute collectively an E. In the ranuncules and adonis, the achænia are placed on a convex thalamus of a dry nature; in the strawberry they are placed upon a fleshy thalamus. The so-called seeds of the strawberry are in reality so many separate achænia; while the part to which the strawberry owes its value as a fruit is merely the succulent thalamus. In the fruit of the rose, the achænia, instead of being placed on an elevated thalamus, are situated upon a concave one, to which the calyx is attached. This modification of the ordinary E. is regarded as a distinct fruit by some botanists, who have distinguished it by the name of Cynnorhodum. In the raspberry and blackberry, a kind of E. is formed of little drupes or drupels, crowded together upon a dry thalamus. Etagère, ( et - a - zhar ' ,) n. [Fr.) An article of household furniture with a set of shelves, as a side-board, a whatnot, or the English davenport. Etampes, ( et'amp ,) a town of France, dep. Seine et Oise, abt. 20 m. from Versailles. It has a considerablo trade in flour and wool, and more than 60 mills. PPор. 10,842. Etaples, ( ai - tapl ,) a seaport of France, in the Pas-deCal a is, abt. 11 m. from Boulogne. E. is memorable as the place where the treaty of peace was concluded between Henry VII. of England and Charles VIII. of France, when the latter was on the point of setting out on his Italian expedition. Etat Major, (ú-tam a-zhôr.) n. [Fr., from état , state; Lat. status , and major , greater.] ( Mil . ) The staff-officers; staff. Etats-Unis. (Fr.) See UNITED STATES. Etawah, ( et - a - waw ,) a fortre and cap. of a dist. of British India, between the rivers Jumna and Ganges, abt. 60 m. from Agra; area of dist. abt. 1.675 sq. m. lop . abt. 500,000. Thuggism formerly prevailed in this dist. Etcætera, (et-set'e-ra.) [Lat.] (Contracted into etc. or dc.) And the rest, or others of the kind; and so on; and so forth. Estremadura, ( ais - trai -ma-door'a,) an extensive prov. of Spain, lying between 37° 54′ and 40° 38′ N. Lat., and 4° 50 and 7° 24' W. Lon. It has Salamanca, and parts of Avila, on the N.; Toledo, La Mancha, and part of Cordova, on the E.; Seville on the S.; and Alentejo and Beira, in Portugal, on the W.; area , 14,329 sq. m. Estremadura is now divided into the two provs. of Bada- -v. n . To practise the art of etching. Etch, (ech,) v. a. [D. etsen; Ger. ützen , to corrode by acid; root, Sansk, ad , to eat.] To produce figures or de- signs on copper or other metallic plates by means of lines or sketches first drawn. - To sketch; to delineate; to illustrate. joz and Caceres. Although a continuation of the high table-land of New Castile, E. is, like it, a uniform plain, but is mountainous on the N. and S., and is well watered, the slopes of the hills being covered with wood, and the valleys with rich gra . Notwithstanding the fertility of the soil, the land has lain desolate and uncultivated ever since the expulsion of the Moors in the 13th century. The breeding of goats, swine, horses, a es, and mules is much attended to. The mines, which were formerly very productive, are no longer worked. Commerce is confined almost entirely to a contraband trade with Portugal. The inhabitants are poor, and, from the want of roads, isolated from the rest of Spain, and consequently in a low state of civilization. Pop . 743,800. Estremadura, a large prov. of Portugal, including Lisbon, the capital. It extends along the Atlantic, to the N. and S. of Lisbon; being bounded N. by Beira, and E. by Alentejo; area 8,180 sq. m. The country is generally hilly. To the W. of the æstuary of the Tagus are the granite mountains of the Sierra da Cintra, varying from 1,500 to 1,800 feet in height, and terminating in the Cabo de Roca. To the S. of the Tagus are barren moors, partly broken by mora es, and the limestone chain of Arrabida, rising to a height of 1,000 feet, and terminating in the Cabo de Espichel. Many districts are extremely fertile, others are barren and uncultivated. Prod. Wine, oil, fruits, corn, and cork; but even the sandy plains are covered with cistus. rosemary, myrtles, and other flowering and fragrant plants. The breeding of cattle is not much attended to. Minerals. Marble, coal, and sea-salt. This province has been frequently visited by earthquakes. Pop . 815,000 . Estreme'nian, a. ( Geog .) Relating or pertaining to the province of Estremadura, Spain. IMG:content-0072.png:[ocr errors][merged small] Et'chem in, or Echemin, a river of Upper Canada, rises in a lake of the same name in Lat. 46° 21' N., Lon. 70° 37′ W., and enters the St. Lawrence abt. 4 m. above Quebec. Length, abt. 50 m. Etch'er, n. One who practises etching. Etch'ing, n. Act or art of etching; a mode of engrav- ing. - Impre ions taken from an etched plate. - See ENGRAVING, and ELECTRO-ETCHING.