Espy

es-pi", v. [-pied (-pld'), -pying.] To catch sight of, discern unexpectedly; to inspect narrowlv, examine and keep watch upon, find out, descry, — v. To look narrowly, look about. [OF.es/iter, Sp. espiar, spiare, OHG. speho?i, G. spahen. See Spy.]— Espi'al, w. Act of, etc. — Espionage, es'pe-on-azh o?--ej,re. Practice or employment of spies. [F., OF. es/iion, spione, a spy.] Esquimau, Eskimo, es'kt-mo, 2d. -maux, -moz. An Indian of tribes inhabiting arctic America and Green land. [Algonquin eskimantik, eater of raw flesh.] — E. dog. A variety of dog, used among Esquimau Indians for drawing sledges, etc. Esquire, es-kwir', Orig., a shield-bearer or armor bearer, an attendant on a knight, now, prop., a title of dignity next below a knight, and given in Eng. to younger sons of noblemen, to officers of the king courts and of the household, to counselors at law, justices of the peace, sheriffs, and other gentlemen in the U. S., the title indiscriminately used in addre ing letters. — V. [ESQUIRED (-kwird'), -QUIR- ING.] To wait on, attend. [OF. esquier, escuyer, EL. scutarius, shield-bearer, L. scutum (OF. escut, escu, F. 4cu), a shield; E ay, es-sa', [-sayed (-sad'), -saying.] To try, attempt; to make experiment or trial of; to a ay. — Es's ay, A trial; attempt; endeavor; exertion. {Lit.) A composition shorter and le methodical than a formal treatise. [ME. a ay, e ay, OF. e ai. fr. L. exagium, Gr. exagion, a weighing, ex and age in, to lead.] — Es's ayist, A writer of e ays. E ence, es's ens, Formal or formative nature of a complex notion; constituent qualities of a thing; materials common to a ela as disting. the form of an individual or species; a purely spiritual being; the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or e ential oil; perfume; odor; scent. — v. [e enced (-senst), -sencing.] To perfume, scent. [F. L. e entia, e e, Skr. as, to be.] — E en'tial, -shal, a. Pert, to the e ence; really existing; important in the highest degree; highly rectified; pure; unmixed. {Mus.) Nece ary indispensable, — said of tones constituting a chord, disting. ornamental or accidental tones. {Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other disease. — Constituent principle.— E ential character. {Nat. Hist.) The prominent characteristics disting. one genus, species, etc., from another. — E. A volatile, inflammable giving plants their characteristic odor. — E en'tialne , -tiality, -shY-al'Y-tT, Quality of being, etc. e ential part. — E entially, adv.