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Sickness; ailment; sorrow. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local, Eng.]

The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.

The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.

Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]

Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

Inflammation of the endometrium.

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.

A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.

A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.

The state of being balanced; equality of weight. [R.] J. Gregory.

A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetra…

A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

Of or pertaining to an escritoire.

Spirit. Esprit de corps (, a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole.

A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.