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To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate. [Obs.]

The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.

Same as Doggerel.

A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.

Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.] The egre words of thy friend. Chaucer.

See Eager, and Eagre. [Obs.]

ith words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake. The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall. His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton.

Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

The state of being egregious.

Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.

The act of going; egress. [R.] B. Jonson.

One who goes out. [R.]

mes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, or Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima). A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. G. W. Cable.…

Same as Egret, n.,

One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An evergreen plant.

Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.

A plant (trigonella Foenum Græcum) cultivated for its strong- smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).