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organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Tænia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. -- Ef*fect"less*ly, adv.

Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.

Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic] As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. Spenser.

d by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.

of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.

ose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration i…

To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, elud…

ls and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary. A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft.

One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

To throw into disorder; to disturb. [Obs.] "To engarboil the church." Bp. Montagu.

Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] "A work of rich entail." Spenser.

r good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar. Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage ano…

A stage in the development of discophorous medusæ, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.

A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch. Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. J. A. Symonds.

Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G. Montagu.

Before the ere long. A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him. Spenser. The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep. Milton.

lly from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.

t his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage. Blackstone.