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and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.

nera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.

The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.

An abbreviation for electro-motive force.

ith; to tolerate. I will no longer endure it. Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii. 6.

a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop. There openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles.

ngs; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors. To escape out of these meshes. Thackeray.

A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service. Porson.

That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning. Hang him; he'll be made an example. Shak. Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6.

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]

That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie.

xclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.