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To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

lf a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.

An earthquake.

A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.

e of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Ure.

The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray.

Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

Quality or state of being equable.

In an equable manner.

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal q…

One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.

The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights. A footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.

The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized. Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke.

To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. Whately.

One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.

Equality; evenness. Shak.

Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson.

easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.