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vidness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.

by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns. In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope.

Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear. Pope.

Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable. What earthly benefit can be the result Pope.

ease of style, of behavior, of address. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. Dryden. At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease." Ps. xxv. 12. -- Chapel of ease. See under Chapel. --…

lity; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. "The easy vigor of a line." Pope.

An armichair for ease or repose. "Laugh . . . in Rabelais' easy-chair." Pope.

a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. Pope.

e scales anciently used. -- Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church.

und. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. Shak. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. Pope.

splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." Pope.

ch; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also .] Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes. -- Ecumenical council. See under Council.

as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope.

tract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter. The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope. They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. M. Arnold.

w womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

t of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall. We prize the stronger effort of his power. Pope.

Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

ghtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope. Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope.

ces the effect of moving and persuasive speech. Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. Pope. The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. Macaulay.