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One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephemeral. [R.] Burke.

Epiphonema. [R.]

The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.

A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.

Way of escape; vent. [R.] An escapement for youthful high spirits. G. Eliot.

The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.

One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.

The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. A long estrangement from better things. South.

A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell.

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.

Of or pertaining to euhemerism.

To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.

The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.

eing roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental excrements." Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.

Of or pertaining to excrement.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.