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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.

seudonym "Dr. 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 (#)…

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.

Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak.

Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

To range at large, or without restraint. Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope.

A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.

Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.

To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.