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Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

Instruction in the elements or first principles. [R.]

Resembling an element.

A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.

Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]

See Eloignment.

The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

The act of embalming. [R.] Malone.

The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.

A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. W. Irving. The embarrassments tom co…

Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.

An intended parapet; a battlement.

A bay. [R.] The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. Sir W. Scott.

The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.

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.

lent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.

An emblazoning.