Emballonurinæ (embal"onurine)

pl. [NL., Diclidurus alb us , belonging to the subfamily Emballonurina. the interfemoral membrane above or ends in it, weak upper incisors, and long legs with slender fibule. The leading genera are Furia, Em ballonura, Diclidurus, Noctilio, and Rhinopота. emball on urine (em-bal-ō-nū'rin), a. and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the micro chiropteran families Emballonuridæ and Phyllos to mid a. The emball on urine alliance is one of two series into which the Micro chiropter a are divided, having the upper incisors approximated and the tail perforating the interfemoral membrane, or produced beyond it. See respertilionine. II. n. A member of the emball on urine alliance; an emballonurid or phyllos to mid. embalm (em-bäm'), v. t. [Formerly also im balm; spelling altered as in balm; ML. imbalsamare, sam, balm: see balsam, balm.] 1. To dre or anoint with balm; specifically, to preserve from decay by means of balsams or other aromatic spices; keep from putrefaction by impregnating with spices, gums, and chemicals, as a dead body. The ancient proce was to open the body, remove the viscera, and fill the cavities with anti septic spices and drugs. (See mummy.) In modern times many substances and methods have been employed in embalming, as by injection of arsenical preparations into the blood-ve els, generally with a view only to the preservation of the body for a certain period, as during transportation to a distant point, or instead of refrigeration in hot weather during the ordinary interval before burial. Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to em balm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. Gen. 1. 2. Those tears eternal, that embalm the dead. Pope , Ep. to Jervas, 1. 48. No longer caring to embalm In dying songs a dead regret. 3. To impart fragrance to; fill with sweet scent. Meanwhile, Leuco the a waked, and with fresh dews embalm'd The earth. Milton, P. L., xi. 135. Here eglantine embalmed the air. Scott , L. of the L., i. 12. embalmer (em-bä'mér), n. [= F. embaumeur .] One who embalms bodies for preservation. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary IMG:content-0354.png:[blocks in formation] embargo (em-bär'gō), v. t. [ At length we found a faire new Mat, and vnder that two bundles, the one bigger, the other le e; in the greater we found a great quantity of fine red powder, like a kinde of Capt . John Smith , True Travels, II. 222. imbalmement. If I die, Like sweet embalmment round my heart shall lie This love, this love, this love I have for thee. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 331. embank (em-bangk'), v . t . [Formerly also im bank ; imbankment ; embank + -ment.] 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. A mound, bank, dike, or earthwork raised for any purpose, as to protect land from the inroads of the sea or from the overflow of a river, to carry a canal, road, or railway over a valley, etc.; a levee: as, the Thames embankment in London, England. Once again the tide had rolled fiercely against the em bank ment , and borne part of it away. E. Dowden , Shelley, I. 303. embart (em-bär'), v. t.; pret. and pp. embarred, ppr. embarring. [Formerly also imbar; Fast embard in mighty brasen wall. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 44. She [the ship) was by their agreement stolen out of the harbor, where she had been long embarred . Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 88. 3. To stop; obstruct; bar out. The first great judgment of God upon the ambition of man was the confusion of tongues; whereby the open trade and intercourse of learning and knowledge was chiefly imbarred . Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 64. embarcation, n. See embarkation . embargelt (em-bärj'), v. t. [ barge .] To put or go on board a barge. = Triumph all music from the flood arose, As when the soueraigne we embarg'd doe see, And by faire London for his pleasure rowes. Drayton, Legend of Robert. embarge2t, v . t. See embargue . embargo (em-bär'gō), n. [Formerly also im- bar go ; = D. G. Dan. Sw. embargo = F. embargo It. imbarco, embargo , an embargo, seizure, arrest (= Pg. embargo , embargo, objec- tion, Pr. embarg , embarc ), embargar (= Pg. embargar ), arrest, restrain, distrain, impede, seize, lay an embargo on, imbarri- care , block up, embar, in , in, in-2, + ML. barra , a bar: see bar1 , and cf. barricade , em- bar , embarra .] 1. A stoppage or seizure of ships or merchandise by sovereign authority; specifically, a restraint or prohibition imposed by the authorities of a country on merchant ve els, or other ships, to prevent their leav- ing its ports, and sometimes amounting to an interdiction of commercial intercourse either with a particular country or with all countries. The sequestration by a nation of ve els or goods of its own citizens or subjects, for public uses, is sometimes called a civil embargo , in contradistinction to a general prohibition from leaving port intended to affect the trade or naval operations of another nation, called inter- national embargo . Embargoes on merchandize was another engine of royal power, by which the English princes were able to extort money from the people. Hume , Hist. Eng., V., App. iii. An embargo ... is, in its special sense, a detention of ve els in a port, whether they be national or foreign, whether for the purpose of employing them and their crews in a naval expedition, as was formerly practised, or for political purposes, or by way of reprisals. Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, § 114. Hence-2. A restraint or hindrance imposed on anything: as, to lay an embargo on free speech. Her embargo of silence. Bushnell, Sermons on Living Subjects, I. 34. The chill embargo of the snow Was melted in the genial glow. Whittier, Snow-Bound. Embargo acts, United States statutes forbidding the clearing of merchant ve els from any United States port excepting by special permi ion of the President. The most celebrated is that of 1807, amended in 1808 (2 Stat., 451 and 453), pa ed to countervail the Berlin and Milan decrees of Napoleon I. and the British orders in council, by which France and Great Britain, then at war, intimated a right to interfere with and control neutral merchant ve els, whether carrying articles contraband of war or not. Similar acts were pa ed in 1812 (2 Stat., 700) and 1813 (3 Stat., 88).