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Eldest; firstborn. Blackstone.

maginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.

A clearing away of stones. [R.]

A little elf or urchin. Shenstone.

lagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.

ds liable to distress. The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. Blackstone.

To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.

to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.

Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.

To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Shak.

Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. Shenstone.

ion; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 11.

To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.

A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.

The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. Blackstone.

ning to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

A peculiar structure found in the Archæan limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.