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ht points, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. -- Estoile of four points. Same as Cross estoilé, under Cross.

ords of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.

eric ether. Complex ether, Mixed ether (Chem.), an oxide of two different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. -- Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated b…

The science of causes. Same as tiology.

highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.

Same as Euthanasia.

Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. And shall lay thee even with the ground. Luke xix. 44.

Same as Exanthema.

Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.

. (Math.) Same as Eccentricity.

in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.

The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia. Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease.

Same as Exophthalmia.

Same as Expectorant. Harvey.

letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.

The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.

Same as Eisel. [Obs.] Shak.

iven to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take th…