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Curled. [Obs.] Skelton.

To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall.

y, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak. Their hands can not perform their enterprise. Job v. 12.

One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.

Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm. -- En"ter*pri`sing*ly, adv.

A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."

One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.

The doctrines of Epicurus.

ances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer. When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.

A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.

One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.

A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.

A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

f giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.] Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South.

Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.] The eucharistical part of our daily devotions. Ray.

The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.

One who advocates euhemerism.