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ed. With upper lip elate. Fenton. And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones.

gic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.

being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.

encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.

To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Shak.

n; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 11.

nic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.

A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.

Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.] Entireness in preaching the gospel. Udall.

One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]

A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker.

A peculiar structure found in the Archæan limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.

r the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon t…

One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

od; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones. Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's- nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.

An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.

A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.

Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.