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Dromaius Novæ- Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]

lian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

Capable of being emulated. [R.] Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.

Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

n qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.

Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. "Emulative zeal." Hoole.

In an emulative manner; with emulation.

One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.

Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.] "Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.

A female emulator. [R.]

To emulate. [Obs.] "Emuled of many." Spenser.

To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.

Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. -- n.

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

In an emulous manner.

The quality of being emulous.

Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.

To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.]

Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.