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The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

Belonging to, or made of, amber.

A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.

Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.

Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.

A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.

tic element, one of the hypothetical elementary portions of which a magnet is regarded as made up.

The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An elicit act of equity." Jer. Taylor.

ech. [R.] [Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.

also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. -- Emerald spodumene, or…

Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.

An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.

Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. My guilt be on my head, and there an end. Shak. O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak.

Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. -- Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.

In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the line by act of March 3, 1899. It consisted of assistant and passed assistant engineers, ranking with ensigns and lieutenants, chief engineers, ranking from lieutenant to captain, and engineer in chief, ranking with commodore and…

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.

Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.

Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran.