engorgement (engorjment)

[F. engorge ment (= Pr. engorjamen = It. ing org a men to, in gorgia men to ), engorger, engorge: see engorge and-ment.] 1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity.-2. In pathol., the state of being filled to exce , as the ve els of an organ with blood; hyperemia; congestion. -3. In metal., the partial choking up of a blast-furnace by an accumulation of material not thoroughly fused. Ordinarily called scaffolding. engouled (en-göld'), a. Same as engoulée. engoulée (on-gö-lā'), a. IMG:content-0497.png:[blocks in formation] engrave Being devoured: said of a child or other creature in the jaws of a serpent, or the like, which is swallowing it. engrafft, engraffmentt. Obsolete forms of in graft, ingraftment. engraft, engraftation, etc. See ingraft, etc. engrail (en-gral'), v. [Also in grail; Chapman , Iliad, p. 325. 2. To make serrate; give an indented outline to. [Archaic.] Over hills with peaky tops engrail'd . Tennyson, Palace of Art. II. in trans. To form an edging or border; run in a waving or indented line. engrailed (en-grāld'), p. a. [Also ing railed; Polwheel beareth a saltier engrail'd . R. Carew , Survey of Cornwall. engrailing (en-grāʻling), n. [Verbal n. of engrail, v.] An ornament consisting of a broken or indented line or band. Also written ing railing. engrailment (en-grāl'ment), n. [ engrail + -ment.] 1. A ring of dots round the edge of a medal.-2. In her ., the state of being engrailed; indentation in curved lines. Also written in grail ment . engrain, engrainer. See ingrain , ingrainer. engrapplet (en-grap'l), v . i. [ en -1 + grapple .] To grapple; struggle at close quarters. There shall young Hotspur, with a fury led, Engrapple with thy son, as fierce as he. Daniel, Civil Wars, iv.