Eglantine

[Fr. églantier, églantine; Du. egelan tier, from egel, a hedge-hog, probably from heg, a hedge.] ( Bot.) The sweetbrier, a species of plants, gen. Rosa, q. v. Eglom'erate, v. a. [Lat. e, out, and glomerare, glome ratum. See GLOMERATE. To unwind, as thread from a ball. Eg'lon, a king of Moab, who, with the help of Ammon and Amalek, subdued the southern and eastern tribes of the Jews. He made Jericho his seat of government, and held his power eighteen years, but was then slain by Ehud, and his people expelled. ( Judg . iii. 12-33.)