enfester

i. [Pref. en, and English fester (q. v.).] To fester. en-fět-těr, v. t. [Pref. en, and English fetter (q. v.).] To fetter, to bind in fetters; to enchain, to enslave. *ěn-fë-věr, v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. fever (q. v.).] To cause or excite fever in. Én'-field, s . [Foretym.see def.] The name of a village or small town in Middle sex, England, ten miles north of London, where there is a large Gov. ernment arms factory. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, Enfield-rifle Enfield-rifie, s . Mil.: A muzzle-loading rifle used in the British Army as the infantry service-arm prior to the introduction of the breech-loading system. Large numbers of these rifles were converted into breechloaders on the Snider principle, and transferred to the Volunteers when the Martini-Henry rifle was i ued to the Regulars. To these converted weapons the term Snider-Enfield or simply Snider is applied. [FIRE-ARM.] *en-fiër ce, v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. fierce (q. v.).] To render fierce, cruel, or furious; to infuriate.