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t [what] I eat. Shak. The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. Burke. Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.

ce to the ear. [R.] The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T. Browne.

Brow; ridge. [Obs.] "Eaves of the hill." Wyclif.

A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. G. Brown.

Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic. "Edenic joys." Mrs. Browning.

Edible. [Obs.] "Edulious pulses." Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.

t action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.

To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R. Brown.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.

A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." Mrs. Browning. Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura. -- Electrical battery. See Battery. -- Electrical brush. See under Brush. -- Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. -- Electric candle. See under Candle. -- Electric cat (Zoöl.…

lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning.

Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.] We now know 't is very well empeopled. Sir T. Browne.