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st.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

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

Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local, Eng.]

leven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]

To dislocate; to luxate.

Dislocation; luxation.

An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

An advocate or promoter of emigration.

A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.

The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.

An equivocation; a guibble. B. Jonson.

A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.