ensete (ensete)

[Aby in i an.] An Aby in i an name of Musa Ensete, a noble plant of the banana genus. It produces leaves about 20 feet long and 3 or 4 broad, the largest entire leaf as yet known. The flower-stalk, which is as thick as a man's arm, is used for food, but the fruit worthle . enshadet, inshadet (en-, in-shad'), v. t. [ Lily-white in shaded with the rose. W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, i. 5. 1943 union in the upper corner, next the staff. Formerly flags with fields of all the three colors were used in the naval service, but now the white only is used for men of-war, the red flag being a igned to the merchant service and the blue to the Royal Naval Reserve. In the United States navy the ensign is the national flag. See flag2 and union. 3t. A sign or signal. At the rebuke of five shall ye flee till ye be left. Isa, xxx, 17. as an ensign on an hill. 4. A badge; a mark of distinction, rank, or office; a symbol; in the plural, insignia. The Olive was wont to be the ensigne of Peace and quietne e. Spenser, Shep. Cal., April, Glo e, His arms, or ensigns of power, are a pipe in his left hand, composed of seven reeds. Bacon , Fable of Pan. Cupids... all armed with bows, quivers, wings, and other ensigns of love. B. Jonson, Masque of Beauty. The tax on the armorial bearings or ensigns blazoned on the carriage. S. Dowell , Taxes in England, III. 178. enslave the exclusion of oxygen is an e ential feature in it, fire risks being thus avoided. W. L. Carpenter , Energy in Nature (1st ed.), p. 79. One of the earliest of Latin writers refers to subterranean vaults (silos), wherein the ancient Romans preserved green forage, grain, and fruit, and the Mexicans have practised the system for centuries. This, at any rate, is vouched for by Mr. John M. Bailey, one of the pioneers of the system in the United States, whose "Book of Ensilage ," etc. Mark Lane Expre . 2. The fodder, etc., thus preserved. This is probably the kind of fermentation by which gra is converted into ensilage . Amer. Chem. Jour., VIII. 336. ensilage (en'si-lāj), v . t .; pret. and pp. ens i laged , ppr. e ppr. ensilaging . [ ensilage , n.] To store by ensilage; store in a pit or silo for preservation. See silo . The advantage of an ensilaged crop is that it makes the farmer independent of drought. West Chester ( Pa .) Republican , VI. 4. To cast a shadow upon; obscure; overspread with shade. [Rare.] That enthusiasm which foreshortens and enshadows every fault. The Independent , April 22, 1862. enshawlt (en-shal'), v . t . [ enshieldt (en-shēld'), v. t.; pret. and pp. en- shielded (pp. abbr. enshield in extract). [ en - 1 + shield.] To shield; cover; protect. These black masks Proclaim an enshield beauty, ten times louder Than beauty could. Shak., M. for M., ii. 4. enshoret (en-shōr'), v. t. [ Davies . Then Death (the end of ill unto the good) Enshore my soule neer drownd in flesh and bloud. To Davies, Wittes Pilgrimage, p. 40.