efflagitatet (eflajitat)

t. [ efflate (e-flat'), v. t.; pret. and pp. efflated, ppr. efflating. [L. efflatus, pp. of efflare, blow or breathe out, Our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath upon every act, deify themselves. Sir T. Herbert , Travels in Africa, p. 179. efflation (e-fla's hon), n. [= OF. efflation , efflatio ( n- ), efflare , pp. efflatus , blow or breathe out: see efflate .] The act of breathing out or puffing; a puff, as of wind. A soft efflation of celestial fire Came, like a rushing breeze, and shook the lyre. Parnell, Gift of Poetry. effleurage (e-flé-räzh'), n. [F., grazing, touch- ing, effleurer , graze, touch: see efflower .] Gentle superficial rubbing (of a patient) patient) with the palm of the hand. effleurer, superficial rubl effloresce (ef-lō-res'), v. i.; pret. and pp. efflo resced, ppr. or. efflorescing. [= Sp. eflorecer, IMG:content-0237.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In chem., to change either throughout or over the surface to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, on simple exposure to the air; become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, in the form of short threads or spiculæ, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source. As the surface [of a puddle of water] dries, the capillary action draws the moisture up pieces of broken earth, dead sticks, and tufts of gra , where the salt efloresces. Darwin, Geol. Observations, ii. 307. efflorescence (ef-lō-res'ens), n. [= F. efflores cence = Sp. eflorecencia = Pg. efflorescencia = It. efflorescenza, As the sky is supposed to scatter its golden star-pollen once every year in meteoric showers, so the dome of St. Peter's has its annual efflorescence of fire. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 299. 2. In bot., the time or state of flowering; anthesis.-3. In med., a redne of the skin; a rash; eruption, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.-4. In chem., the formation of small white threads or spiculæ, resembling the sublimated matter called flowers, on the surface of certain bodies, as salts, or on the surface of any permeable body or substance; the incrus tation so formed. IMG:content-0238.png:[blocks in formation] effœte A number of specimens of waste liquors from factories, with the residual matters pre ed into cakes, and also of the purified efluents , are exhibited. Sci. Amer . Supp . , No. 446. 2. Specifically, in geog., a stream that flows out of another stream or out of a lake: as, the Atchafalaya is an effluent of the Mi i ippi river. -3. In math., a covariant of a quantic of degree mn in i variables, the covariant being of degree m and in p variables, where p is the number of permutations that can be obtained by dividing n into i parts. Sylvester, 1853. effluvia, n. Plural of effluvium. effluviable (e-flö'vi-a-bl), a. [ The great rapidne with which the wheels that serve to cut and polish diamonds must be moved does excite a great degree of heat. in the stone, and by that and the strong concu ion it makes of its parts, may force it to spend its effluviable matter, if I may call it so. Boyle , Works, IV. 354.