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Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. -- n.

rd calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixe…

One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]

A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. -- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.…

The act or art of dissecting the brain.

nderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.

A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

The art of declining and conjugating words.

to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

rms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.

See under Lathe. -- Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth. -- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine.

One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.

The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. Milton.

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a patte…