essential harmony

Music: Harmony independent of grace; auxiliary, pa ing, syncopated, anticipating, or pedal notes. es-so in', v. t. [ESSOIN, 8.] To excuse for ab sence or non-appearance. "Away, with wings of time; I'll not e oin thee; Denounce these fiery judgments I enjoin thee." Quarles: Hist. Jonah (1620), sig. G. 3. *es-so in', *ěs-soign' ( g silent), a. [E OIN, S.] Old Law : An epithet applied to the first three days of a term on which the court sat to receive e oigns.