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ithout opposition; unconcernedness. Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness. South.

rdinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. The east began kindle. E. Everett.

Making no effort. Southey.

ame given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.

A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

her which is in a different electrical state. -- Electric, or Electrical, eel (Zoöl.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus (G. electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus. -- Electrical fish (Zoöl.), any fish which has an electric…

One who subsists on charity; a dependent. South.

the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. -- Elephant's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also cal…

fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zoöl.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.

The refined spirit; the quintessence. The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South.

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.

e in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.

Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.

Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.

sembodied. Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.

The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

e or power which fascinates or highly delights. Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.

, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.

Endurance. [Obs.] South.