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em. The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. Brande & C.

umatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.

A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.

The nightmare. Brande & C.

Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.

The down of the ostrich. Brande & C.

A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match. Brande & C.

Expansible. Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C.

of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zoöl), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. -- Eye doctor, an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Arch.), th…

by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

(n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. Brande & C.

Pope. The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.

eep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side. Brande & C. --Indian file, or Single file, a line of men marching one behind another; a single row. -- On file, preserved in an orderly collection. -- Rank and file. (a) The body of soldiers constituing the mass of an army, incl…

Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade. Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.

heat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. Brande & C.

The side of any building. Brands.

A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing. Johnson.

irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish. And flourishes his blade in spite of me. Shak.

altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C.