ensigncy (g silent)

[Eng. ensign; -cy.] Mil.: The rank, office, or commi ion of an ensign. ěn'-signed ( g silent), a. [Eng. ensign; -ed.] *1. Ord. Lang .: Marked or distinguished by any particular sign, badge, or token. 2. Her .: [ENSIGN, v . 2.] en-sign-ship (gsilent), s. [Eng. ensign; -ship.] Mil.: The same as ENSIGNCY (q. v.). ěn-sil-age (age as Ig). s. (Fr. en=in; O. Fr. silo a fo , a cavity, or trench underground, in which grain is deposited with a view to its conservation; Eng. suff.- age .] Agriculture : 1. A method of preserving forage crops while moist and succulent, and without any previous at tempt at drying them. It is effected by storing green fodder in ma , and covering it over in deep trenches cut in a dry soil. "It seems almost certain, then, that ensilage has been known, probably for centuries, in Europe, Asia, and The ma must be several feet in depth Africa. and width, and when the pit is filled, boards or dry straw, or in some cases heather, are laid on the top without delay, and earth and stones are heaped up on the surface to the weight of several hundred-weight per square foot. The fodder thus stored settles into a half solid ma , which, having undergone fermentation, is greedily devoured by cattle, and, with a little hay or dry food added, keeps them in admirable condition throughout the winter. Maize, prickly comfrey, peas, rye, tares, clover, lucerne, vetches, and gra may be profitably stored after this fashion."-London Daily Telegraph . 2. Fodder prepared by the proce described under 1. states that hesold ensilage in the market town at from twenty-four to thirty-six shillings per ton." -Chambers ' Journal. "One en-sil-age (age as Ig), v. t. [ENSILAGE, 8.] Agric.: To treat by the proce described under ENSILAGE, 8., 1. "The sauerkraut of the Germans is but cabbage en. silaged. The writer, forty years ago, ensilaged green gooseberries." -Chambers' Journal. ěn'-sil-āte, v . t. [Fr.en=in; O. Fr. silo a fo e, a cavity in which grain is deposited with a view to its conservation, and Eng. verbal suff. -ate (q. v.).] Agric.: The same as ENSILAGE, v. (q. v.) "Their suggestions are that green forage should be ensilated without mixture of any dry substances or even of salt; that the most favorable time for ensilating is when the plants are in bloom." -Chambers ' Journal. *ěn-sil-věr, v. t . [Pref. en, and Eng. silver (q.v).] To cover or set off with silver. en-si-ster-nal, a . [Lat. ens is a sword; Mod. Lat. sternum, from Gr. stern on =the breast or chest, and Eng., ., suff. -al .] Anat.: Pertaining to or relating to the ensiform proce of the sternum (q. v.). [META STERNUM.] ěn-sky', v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng.sky (q.ν.).] Το remove to the skies or heaven; to place among the gods. "I hold you as a thing enskied and sainted." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , i. 5. ěn-slā've, v . t. [Pref. en, and Eng. slave (q. v.).] 1. To reduce to the state of a slave, servitude, or bondage; to deprive of liberty. "The conquered also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, their virtue lose." Milton. P. L., xi. 797, 798. 2. To reduce to the state of a va al or dependent. "The Popish kernes whom James had brought over from Munster and Con naught to enslave our island."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxiv 3. To overpower, to overcome; to become master of. "Blinding the understanding and enslaving the will." -Bishop Taylor. Holy Living , ch. ii., § 1. 1663 bad sense; captivate mostly in the good sense; enslave is employed literally or figuratively; capti vate only figuratively: we may be enslaved by persons or by our gro pa ions; we are captivated by the charms or beauty of an object." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) ěn-slāv-ěd-ne , s. [Eng. enslaved; -ne .] The quality or state of being enslaved.