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The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.

Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An elicit act of equity." Jer. Taylor.

the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is

Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.

embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.

from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. Shak.

A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad. Wild endive (Bot.), chicory or succory.

method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell…

shed by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.

Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance. That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4. With strength entire and free will armed. Milton. One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.…

ing to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. -- n.

part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. -- Mutually equilateral, applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides of the other.

y; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops. Dryden. Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.

A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divide. Mozley & W.