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oresceïn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.

eligious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.

A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium. Again the golden day resumed its right, And ruled in just equation with the night. Rowe.

Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.

An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.

Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.] An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. Jer. Taylor.

n the magnitude 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 c…

Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; æruginous.

Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion. All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh streng…

Breaking out or bursting forth. The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive through the cloud. Thomson.

Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.

A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea. Cowell.

The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [Written also oesophagotomy.]

hloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.

, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission.

d by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.

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.

s a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

), mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.