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distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. -- Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. -- To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M. Arnold. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.…

figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.

Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

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

A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Gwilt.

waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.

To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes. Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.

An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.

One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

nite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure. -- Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching. -- Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.

To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*ac`u*a"tion, n. [Obs.]

cuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law. Abp. Sharp.

Exemplariness. [R.] The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.

iscovers no expediency in vice. Cogan. To determine concerning the expedience of action. Sharp. Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. Whately.

e that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. Sharp.

by breathing out, as a sound. The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration. G. Sharp.

Exploitation. Harper's Mag.