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rphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

To place in a sphere; to envelop. His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered. Chapman.

Commotion. [Obs.] Chapman.

Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.

Excruciated; tortured. And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.

Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.

The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.] Chapman.

clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. Gay. To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite "away." Pope.

To search into or out. [Obs.] Chapman.

Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. [Obs.] "Eyeful trophies." Chapman.

A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.

To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge.

f vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. -- Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower. -- Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).

A patroness. [Obs.] Chapman.

who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.

Without fellow or equal; peerless. Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman.

The art of working in iron. [Obs.] Chapman.

An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.

; to reach by sailing. Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle. Chapman.