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One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also Echinoderma.]

Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.

Same as oedematous.

The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.] Ray.

To render smooth; to polish. [Obs.]

ng in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.] Walpole.

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

To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.

Embolismic.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.

Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

To render empyreumatic. [R.]

Endermic.

a; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Darkly; obscurely.

One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.

To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

The art of making or of solving enigmas.