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[Prop. * i do scope, eidouranion (i-dö-rā'ni-on), n.; pl. eidourania (-a). [Prop. (NL.) * iduranium, A Mr. Walker delivered here [in the Colo eum] in March, 1838, a series of astronomical lectures, chiefly memorable on account of their being illustrated by an elaborate machine called the eidouranion , a large transparent orrery. First Year of a Silken Reign, p. 214. cially, the common So mater i a moll is sima, which inhabits both coasts of the North Atlantic. It is much larger than the common duck, being about 2 feet long, and has a peculiarly gibbous bill with a pair of frontal proce es. The male is almost entirely black and white in large ma es, with the head tinged with green; the female is brown, variegated with grayer, Eider-duck ( So mater i a moll is sima, var. dre er i). redder, and duskier shades in small patterns. The down with which these birds line their nests is copious, and is much valued for its extreme lightne , warmth, and elasticity. The birds are practically domesticated in some places. The American bird, a slightly different variety from the European, is known as variety dre er i; it breeds abundantly in Labrador, Newfoundland, etc. The king eider-duck is a very distinct species, So mater i a ( Erionetta ) spectabilis, the gibbosity of the bill being different in shape, and the head tinged with blue as well as green. The Pacific eider-duck is S. v- nigrum, having a black V-shaped mark The spectacled eider-duck, So mater i a (Arc to nett a) fischeri, inhabits the northern Pacific; its bill is not gibbous, and on the chin, but otherwise resembling the common eider. Some snake (saith shee) hath crept into me quick, It gnawes my heart: ah, help me, I am sick, Haue mee to bed eigh me, a friezing-frying, A burning cold torments me living-dying. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. eighet, n. An obsolete form of eyel . Chaucer. eight1 (at), a. and n. [= Sc. aucht , aught ; eight , eighte, eihte, ehte, eahte (North. aucht , aught, auht, auhte , ahte , etc.), eahta , rarely ehta , ONorth. æhto , ahta = OS. ah to = OFries. achta , achte = D. acht = MLG. achte , acht , LG. acht = OHG. ah to , MHG. ahte , G. acht = Icel. att a = Sw.otta = Dan. otte = Goth. ahtau = Ir. ocht = Gael. ochd = W. wyth = Corn. eath = Bret. eich , eiz = L. octo (> It. otto = Sp. ocho = Pg. oito = Pr. oit , ueit = OF. oit , uit , huit, F. huit ) = Gr. ὀκτώ = Lith. asztúni = Skt. ashta , eight.] I. a. One more than seven: a cardinal numeral. Whanne the schip was maad in which a fewe, that is to saie eighte soul is weren maad saaf bi water. Wyclif, 1 Pet. iii. Eight Banners. See banner, 6. - Eight-hour law. See hour. II. n. 1. A number, the sum of seven and one. - 2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8, or VIII, or viii; hence, a curved outline in the shape of the figure 8. IMG:content-0262.jpg:[graphic] Tired out With cutting eights that day upon the pond. Tennyson, The Epic. 3. A playing-card having eight spots or pips.Figure eight, figure of eight, the symbol 8, or a figure resembling it. Piece of eight. See dollar, 1. eight2t, n. An obsolete spelling of ait. eighteen (a'ten'), a, and n. [ eightscore (at'skōr), a . or n. [ eight + score.] Eight times twenty; one hundred and sixty. eighty (a'ti), a. and n. [ hundeahtatig (see hund- ) = OS. ahtodoch , ahtodeg = OFries. achtantich = D. tachtig = OHG. ahtōzō, ahtōzug , ahzoc , MHG. ahtzic , ahzec , G. achtzig = Icel. attatigir , attatiu = Sw. åttatio , attio = Dan. otteti = Goth. ahtautehund , eighty: as eight (AS. eahta , etc.) + -tig , orig. a form of ten : see ten and -tyl.] I. a. Eight times ten, or one more than seventy-nine; fourscore: a cardinal numeral. II. n. 1. The number greater by one than seventy-nine; the sum of eight tens.-2. A symbol representing eighty units, as 80, or LXXX, or lxxx. -eign. A false form of -ein , -en, in for - eign and sover - eign (which see). eigne (an or a'ne), a. [A bad spelling, in old law writings, of OF. aisné , ainsné (F. aîné = Pr. annatz = Sp. entenado = Pg. enteado = It. an- tenato), ains , before, + né, born, nat us , born before: see ante- and natal . puisne, ult. post nat us.] 1. Eldest: an epithet used in law to denote the eldest son: as, bastard eigne .-2t. Belonging to the eld- est son; unalienable; entailed. eik1 (āk), n. A Scotch form of oak . eik2 (ēk), n. A Scotch spelling of eke . eikon (i'kon), n.; pl. eikones (ikō-nēz). [A di- rect transliteration (the L. form being icon ) of Gr. εἰκών , an image: see icon.] A likene ; an image; an effigy; particularly, one of the "holy images" of the Eastern Church. Also written eikonic, a . See iconic . eikosarion (i-kō-sā'ri-on), n.; pl. eikosaria (-a). [LGr. εἰκοσάριον (NGr. εἰκοσάρι ), εἰκοσι = 1. viginti = E. twenty.] A coin of the Eastern Empire, equal to an obolus. Finlay, Greece under the Romans. eikosiheptagram (ikō-si-hept a-gram), n. [ εἰκοσιέπτα , seven and twenty, + γράμμα, α written character.] A system of twenty-seven straight lines in space. eild1 (ēld), п . A Scotch form of eld . eild2 (eld), a. Not giving milk: as, an eild cow. [Scotch.] eilding (el'ding), n. A Scotch form of elding . eileton (NGr. pron. e-le-ton'), n.; pl. eileta (-tä'). [LGr. εἰλητόν , the corporal, εἰλητός , Attic εἰλητός, rolled, wound, verbal adj. of εἴλειν , Attic εἴλειν, roll, wind.] In the Gr. Ch ., the cloth or covering, anciently of linen, but now of silk, on which the eucharistic elements are consecrat- ed, and which answers therefore to the corpo- ral of the Western Church. In the liturgies of Con- stantinople, the unfolding and spreading of the eileton is immediately followed by the warning to the catechumens to depart, and by the first prayer of the faithful. eimer (i'mer), n. [G. eimer , bucket.] A Ger- man liquid measure, having a capacity of from 2 to 80 United States gallons, but most fre- quently from 15 to 18 gallons. -ein. [ME. -ein, -eyn, -ain, etc.: see -ain , -en.] An archaic form of -ain , -en , preserved in villein . eirach (ē'rạch), n . [Gael. eireag .] A hen of Wyclif , 2 Pet. ii. II. n. 1. The quotient of unity divided by eight; one of eight equal parts of anything. - 2. In music: (a) The interval between any tone the first year; a pullet. [Scotch.] vinegar, ult. acetum , vinegar: see ascetic .] Vinegar. She was lyk thing for hunger deed, That lad her life onely by breed Kneden with eisel strong and egre, And thereto she was lene and megre. Like a willing patient, I will drink Potions of eysel 'gainst my strong infection. [Vinegar was deemed efficacious in preventing contagion.] eisenrahm (i'zn-räm), n. [G., lit. iron-cream: eisen = E. iron ; rahm = AS. reám , cream.] The German name for a variety of hematite having a fine scaly structure, greasy feel, and cherry- red color. It leaves a mark on paper. eisodia, n. See isodia . eisodicon, eisodikon, n. See isodicon . eisteddfod (i-sterh'vod), n.; pl. eisteddfodau (i- steTH-vōd'a). [W., a sitting, a se ion, a em- bly, esp. congre of bards or literati, eistedd , sitting (as a verb, sit, be seated), + mod , a circle, inclosure.] An a embly; a meeting: specifically applied to a national a embly or 2. Being one and the other of two; being both of two, or each of two taken together but viewed separately: as, they took seats on either side. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2. Bote the bark of that on semede dimmore Then outher of the other two. Of both is flatter'd; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak ., A. and C., ii. 1. 2. Each of two; the one and the other. [See remarks under I., 2.] The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat sat either of them on his throne. 2 Chron. xviii. 9. Either's heart did ache A little while with thought of the old days. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, II. 294. either (ē'Hèr or i'Hèr: see either , a., etym.), conj. [ME. either , eyther , etc., awther , auther , other , etc., contr. also or , which now prevails as the second form in the correlation either either according to one choice or supposition (in a series of two or more): a disjunctive conjune- tion, preceding one of a series of two or more al- ternative clauses, and correlative with or before the following clause or clauses. Sometimes, as in poetry, or is used before the first clause also. It be fall ethe sumtyme, that Cristene men becomen Sara zines, outher for povertee, or for symplene e, or elles for here owne wykkedne e. Mandeville, Travels, p. 141. Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. 1 Ki. xviii. 27. Celia. 'Twas he in black and yellow. Duch. Nay, 'tis no matter, either for himself Or for the affection of his colours. Middle ton, More Di emblers Besides Women, ii. 1. 2. In any case; at all: used adverbially, for emphasis, after a sentence expre ing a negation of one or two alternatives, or of all alternatives: corresponding to too similarly used after affirmative sentences: as, he tried it, and didn't succeed; then I tried it, but I didn't succeed, either. That's mine; no, it isn't, either. [Colloq.] ejaculate (e-jak'ū-lāt), v.; pret. and pp. ejacu lated, ppr. ejaculating. [ If he should be disposed to do nothing, do you think that a party or a faction strong enough... to ejaculate R. Choate, Addre es, p. 337. 1858 eject (e-jekt'), v. t. [ ejicere , thro throw out, jacere , throw: etc.] 1. see jet1 , and cf. abject, deject, conject, inject, 1. To throw out; cast forth;; thrust out; discharge; drive away or expel. We are peremptory, to despatch This viperous traitor; to eject him hence Were but one danger. Shak ., Cor., iii. 1. Every look or glance mine eye ejects Shall check occasion. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, ii. 1. Specifically-2. To dismi , as from office, occupancy, or ownership; turn out: as, to eject an unfaithful officer; to eject a tenant. The French king was again ejected when our king submitted to the Church. Dryden. Old incumbents in office were ejected without ceremony, to make way for new favorites. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 19. Syn. 1. To emit, extrude.-2. To oust, dislodge. eject (e-jekt'), n. [L. ejectum , neut. of eject us , pp. of eicere , ejicere , eject: see eject , v.] That which is ejected; specifically, in philos ., a reality whose existence is inferred, but which is outside of, and from its nature inacce ible to, the consciousne of the one making the inference: thus, the consciousne of one individual is an eject to the consciousne of any other. But the inferred existence of your feelings, of objective groupings among them similar to those among my feelings, and of a subjective order in many respects analogous to my own-these inferred existences are in the very act of inference thrown out of my consciousne , recognized as outside of it, as not being a part of me. I propose, ac Mr. Van Buren out of the window would permit cordingly, to call these inferred existences root acs him to do nothing? IMG:content-0263.png:[blocks in formation] II. in trans. To utter ejaculations; speak in an abrupt, exclamatory manner. ejaculation (ē-jak-u-la shon), n. [L. as if * ejaculatio ( n- ), ejaculari , throw out: see ejac ulate.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting out; a darting or casting forth. [Archaic, except in technical use.] The Scripture calleth envy an evil eye;. so that still there seemeth to be acknowledged, in the act of envy, an ejaculation or irradiation of the eye. Bacon, Envy (ed. 1887). 2. The uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases; that which is so uttered. The eiaculations of the heart being the body and soule of Diuine worship. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 35. Which prayers of our Saviour [Mat. xxvi. 39], and others of like brevity, are properly such as we call ejaculations; an elegant similitude from a dart or arrow, shot or thrown out. South, Works, II. iv. When a Moos'lim is unoccupied by busine or amusement or conversation, he is often heard to utter some pious ejaculation . E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 359. 3. Specifically, in physiol ., the emi ion of semen; a seminal discharge: as, the ve els of ejaculation. There is hereto no derivation of the seminal parts, nor any pa age from hence, unto the ve els of ejaculation . Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 4.