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Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum. C. S. Minot.

The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. -- Ec`ter*on"ic, a.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.

The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

ffect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton.

row out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered. In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing. Jer. Taylor.

Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.

historians are of suspected credit. Bp. Stillingfleet. Eldest hand (Card Playing), the player on the dealer's left hand. R. A. Proctor.

ty by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.

the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.

One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

t among a rude people. To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron.

The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. -- En`de*ron"ic, a.

Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.