eider (ider)

[= D. eider ( -vogel ) (= E. fowl ) = G. eider (-gans) (= E. goose ), the eider, in the industrial arts generally, Egyptian artists and arti- duck. -2. Same as eider - down. sans displayed great taste and skill, and were enabled by the diff us i one divert it ptian beerfset bean1.- Egyptian black ware, a name given by Wedg. products endle - bean. wood to one of his varieties of fine earthenware: same as basalt ware (which see, under basalt ). — Egyptian blue. See blue.-Egyptian chlorosis. See chlorosis. - Egyptian cloth. Same as mummy - cloth. - Egyptian darkne , deep or total darkne : in allusion to the ninth plague of Egypt (Ex. x. 21-23).-Egyptian frog, a toad. Halli well. [Isle of Wight.] - Egyptian goose. See goose. Egyptian herring. See herring. - Egyptian lotus. See lotus.-Egyptian pebble, a species of agate or jasper.Egyptian pebble ware. See pebble ware. - Egyptian porcelain, the name given to a ceramic ware of a blue or greenish color, made in the form of small mummy-shaped figures, and, more rarely, of figures of divinities, and cups, goblets, and the like, found in ancient Egyptian tombs. The material seems to have been sand held together by a relatively small amount of potters' clay; this, when fired, turns to an opaque gla or enamel throughout its whole The color is an oxid of copper, which is applied to the surface, and stains the ware very deeply. - Egyptian vulture. See vulture.-Egyptian ware, a variety of Wedgwood ware. ma . II. n. 1. A native of Egypt; a member of any of the different races constituting the permanent population of Egypt; more specifically, a member or a descendant of the ancient Egyptian race or races, supposed to be now represented chiefly by the Copts and the fellahs or peasantry, as distinguished from the Arabs and other later settlers. -2t. A gipsy. George Faw and Johnnee Faw Egiptianis war convict it, . for the blud drawing of Sande Barrown, . and ordanit the said is Egiptianis to pay the barbour for the leyching of the said Barrowne. Aberd . Reg . A. (1548), V. 16. IMG:content-0260.jpg:[blocks in formation] 3. One of a cla of wandering impostors, Welsh or English, who disguise themselves as gipsies and live by telling fortunes, stealing, etc. Egyptict (e-jip'tik), a. [ Thou, whose gentle form and face Fill'd lately this Equptic gla . Middle ton, Game at Che , iii. 2.