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Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line. Whewell.

eight; to counterbalance. "More than equiponderated the declension in that direction." De Quincey.

three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. De Quincey.

The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. De Quincey.

Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness. Quincy.

a eudæmonist; I hanker too much after a state of happiness both for myself and others. De Quincey.

, or denoting, an acid so called. Euthiochroic acid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts.

hich is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy.

e dissipated and disappear, like vapor. I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey.

f exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.

or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument. Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.

; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret. The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.

r forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.

so, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

Ulceration. Quincy.

Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades…

cquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. De Quincey.

fade." Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.

To come; to occur; to arrive. The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten days sooner. Holder.

A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] Chaucer. Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. -- Fan cricket (Zoöl.), a mole cricket. -- Fan light (Arch.), a window over a…