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alities or peculiarities in the observer; particularly the difference, in an average of a large number of observation, between the instant when an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star, and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or, relatively, the difference between these instants as noted by tw…

A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.

to institute. "To erect a new commonwealth." Hooker. Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.

urneying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.

or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.

gnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity. -- Probable error. (Mensuration) See under Probable. -- Writ of error (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct s…

resemble the Mongolian race. [Written also Esquimau.] Eskimo dog (Zoöl.), one of breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

Esperanto" in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. -- Es`pe*ran"tist (#), n.…

An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.

with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment. Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment. W. Irving. Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observa…

To endow with an estate. [Archaic] Then would I . . . Estate them with large land and territory. Tennyson.

The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.

ucture through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene.

A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

stillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [Written also eupion.]

A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.

To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison.

Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.