EDELWEISS, [=a]'del-v[=i]s, n. a small white composite, with pretty white flower, found growing in damp places at considerable altitudes (5000-7000 feet) throughout the Alps. [Ger. edel, noble, weiss, white.]

EDEMATOSE, -OUS. Same as OEDEMATOSE, -OUS (q.v. under OEDEMA).

EDEN, [=e]'den, n. the garden where Adam and Eve lived: a paradise.--adj. EDEN'IC. [Heb. [=e]den, delight, pleasure.]

EDENTATE, -D, e-den't[=a]t, -ed, adj. without teeth: wanting front teeth--also EDEN'TAL.--ns. EDENT[=A]'TA, a Cuvierian order of mammals, having no teeth or very imperfect ones; EDENT[=A]'TION, toothlessness.--adj. EDEN'TULOUS, edentate. [L. edent[=a]tus, toothless--e, out of, dens, dentis, a tooth.]

EDGE, ej, n. the border of anything: the brink: the cutting side of an instrument: something that wounds or cuts: sharpness of mind or appetite: keenness.--v.t. to put an edge on: to place a border on: to exasperate: to urge on: to move by little and little.--v.i. to move sideways.--n. EDGE'-BONE, the haunch-bone.--adjs. EDGED; EDGE'LESS, without an edge: blunt.--ns. EDGE'-RAIL, a rail of such form that the carriage-wheels roll on its edges, being held there by flanges; EDGE'-TOOL, EDGED TOOL, a tool with a sharp edge.--advs. EDGE'WAYS, EDGE'WISE, in the direction of the edge: sideways.--ns. EDG'INESS, angularity, over-sharpness of outline; EDG'ING, any border or fringe round a garment: a border of box, &c., round a flower-bed.--adj. EDG'Y, with edges, sharp, hard in outline.--EDGE IN A WORD, to get a word in with difficulty; EDGE OF THE SWORD, a rhetorical phrase for the sword as the symbol of slaughter.--OUTSIDE EDGE, figure in skating, made on the outer edge of the skate.--PLAY WITH EDGE-TOOLS, to deal carelessly with dangerous matters.--SET ON EDGE, to excite; SET THE TEETH ON EDGE, to cause a strange grating feeling in the teeth; to rouse an instinctive dislike. [A.S. ecg; cf. Ger. ecke, L. acies.]

EDIBLE, ed'i-bl, adj. fit to be eaten.--n. something for food.--ns. EDIBIL'ITY, ED'IBLENESS, fitness for being eaten. [L. edibilis--ed[)e]re, to eat.]

EDICT, [=e]'dikt, n. something proclaimed by authority: an order issued by a king or lawgiver.--adj. EDICT'AL.--adv. EDICT'ALLY. [L. edictum--e, out, dic[)e]re, dictum, to say.]

EDIFY, ed'i-f[=i], v.t. to build: to build up the faith of: to strengthen spiritually towards faith and holiness: to comfort: to improve the mind:--pr.p. ed'ifying; pa.p. ed'ified.--n. EDIFIC[=A]'TION, instruction: progress in knowledge or in goodness.--adj. ED'IFICATORY, tending to edification.--n. ED'IFICE, a large building or house.--adj. EDIFIC'IAL, structural.--n. ED'IFIER, one who edifies.--adj. ED'IFYING, instructive: improving.--adv. ED'IFYINGLY. [Fr. édifier--L. ædific[=a]re--ædes, a house, fac[)e]re, to make.]

EDILE. See ÆDILE.

EDIT, ed'it, v.t. to prepare the work of an author for publication: to superintend the publication of (a newspaper, &c.): to compile, garble, or cook up materials into literary shape.--ns. EDI'TION, the publication of a book: the number of copies of a book printed at a time; ED'ITOR, one who edits a book: one who conducts a newspaper or journal:--fem. ED'ITRESS.--adj. EDIT[=O]'RIAL, of or belonging to an editor.--n. an article in a newspaper written by the editor, a leading article.--adv. EDIT[=O]'RIALLY.--n. ED'ITORSHIP. [L. ed[)e]re, ed[)i]tum--e, out, d[)a]re, to give.]

EDUCATE, ed'[=u]-k[=a]t, v.t. to bring up children: to train: to teach: to cultivate any power.--adj. ED'UCABLE.--n. EDUC[=A]'TION, the bringing up or training, as of a child: instruction: strengthening of the powers of body or mind.--adj. EDUC[=A]'TIONAL.--adv. EDUC[=A]'TIONALLY.--n. EDUC[=A]'TIONIST, one skilled in methods of educating or teaching: one who promotes education.--adj. ED'UCATIVE, of or pertaining to education: calculated to teach.--n. ED'UCATOR. [L. educ[=a]re, -[=a]tum--educ[)e]re--e, out, duc[)e]re, to lead.]

EDUCE, [=e]-d[=u]s', v.t. to draw out: to extract: to cause to appear.--n. inference.--adj. EDUC'IBLE, that may be educed or brought out and shown.--ns. E'DUCT, what is educed; EDUC'TION, the act of educing; EDUC'TION-PIPE, the pipe by which the exhaust steam is led from the cylinder of a steam-engine into the condenser or the atmosphere; EDUC'TOR, he who, or that which, educes. [L. educ[)e]re, eductum--e, out, and duc[)e]re, to lead.]

EDULCORATE, [=e]-dul'k[=o]-r[=a]t, v.t. to sweeten: to free from acids, &c.--adj. EDUL'CORANT.--n. EDULCOR[=A]'TION.--adj. EDUL'COR[=A]TIVE.--n. EDUL'COR[=A]TOR.

EE, [=e], Scotch form of eye:--pl. EEN.

EEL, n. a name widely applied in popular usage, but justifiably extended to all the members of the family Murænidæ--the body is much elongated, cylindrical or ribbon-shaped.--ns. EEL'-BAS'KET, a basket for catching eels; EEL'-POUT, in England, a Burbot (q.v.); in parts of Scotland, a Blenny (q.v.): a well-known fish, with a slimy body, living chiefly in mud; EEL'-SPEAR, an instrument with broad prongs for catching eels. [A.S. ['æ]l; Ger., Dut. aal.]

E'EN, [=e]n, a contraction of even.

E'ER, [=a]r, a contraction of ever.

EERIE, EERY, [=e]'ri, adj. exciting fear: weird: affected with fear: timorous.--adv. EE'RILY.--n. EE'RINESS (Scot.). [M. E. arh, eri--A.S. earg, timid.]

EFFABLE, ef'a-bl, adj. capable of being expressed. [Fr.,--L. eff[=a]ri--ex, out, f[=a]ri, to speak.]

EFFACE, ef-f[=a]s', v.t. to destroy the surface of a thing: to rub out: to obliterate, wear away.--adj. EFFACE'ABLE, that can be rubbed out.--n. EFFACE'MENT. [Fr. effacer--L. ex, out, facies, face.]

EFFECT, ef-fekt', n. the result of an action: impression produced: reality: the consequence intended: (pl.) goods: property.--v.t. to produce: to accomplish.--ns. EFFEC'TER, EFFEC'TOR.--adjs. EFFEC'TIBLE, that may be effected; EFFEC'TIVE, having power to effect: causing something: powerful: serviceable.--adv. EFFEC'TIVELY.--n. EFFEC'TIVENESS.--adjs. EFFECT'LESS, without effect, useless; EFFEC'TUAL, successful in producing the desired effect: (Shak.) decisive.--n. EFFECTUAL'ITY.--adv. EFFEC'TUALLY.--v.t. EFFEC'TUATE, to accomplish.--n. EFFECTUA'TION.--EFFECTUAL CALLING (theol.), the invitation to come to Christ which the elect receive.--FOR EFFECT, so as to make a telling impression; GENERAL EFFECT, the effect produced by a picture, &c., as a whole; GIVE EFFECT TO, to accomplish, perform; IN EFFECT, in truth, really: substantially.--LEAVE NO EFFECTS, to die without property to bequeath.--TAKE EFFECT, to begin to operate: to come into force. [Fr.,--L. effic[)e]re, effectum, to accomplish--ex, out, fac[)e]re, to make.]

EFFEIR, EFFERE, e-f[=e]r', n. Scotch form of affair.

EFFEMINATE, ef-fem'in-[=a]t, adj. womanish: unmanly: weak: cowardly: voluptuous.--n. an effeminate person.--v.t. to make womanish: to unman: to weaken.--v.i. to become effeminate.--n. EFFEM'INACY, womanish softness or weakness: indulgence in unmanly pleasures.--adv. EFFEM'INATELY.--n. EFFEM'INATENESS. [L. effemin[=a]re, -[=a]tum, to make womanish--ex, out, and femina, a woman.]

EFFENDI, ef-fen'di, n. a Turkish title for civil officials and educated persons generally. [Turk.; from Gr. authent[=e]s, an absolute master.]

EFFERENT, ef'e-rent, adj. conveying outward or away.

EFFERVESCE, ef-f[.e]r-ves', v.i. to boil up: to bubble and hiss: to froth up.--ns. EFFERVES'CENCE; EFFERVES'CENCY.--adjs. EFFERVES'CENT, boiling or bubbling from the disengagement of gas; EFFERVES'CIBLE. [L. effervesc[)e]re--ex, inten., and ferv[=e]re, to boil.]

EFFETE, ef-f[=e]t', adj. exhausted: worn out with age. [L. eff[=e]tus, weakened by having brought forth young--ex, out, fetus, a bringing forth young.]

EFFICACIOUS, ef-fi-k[=a]'shus, adj. able to produce the result intended.--adv. EFFIC[=A]'CIOUSLY.--ns. EFFIC[=A]'CIOUSNESS; EFFICAC'ITY; EF'FICACY, virtue: energy. [Fr.,--L. efficax, efficacis--effic[)e]re.]

EFFICIENT, ef-fish'ent, adj. capable of producing the desired result: effective.--n. the person or thing that effects.--ns. EFFI'CIENCE, EFFI'CIENCY, power to produce the result intended, adequate fitness.--adv. EFFI'CIENTLY. [Fr.,--L. efficiens, -entis, pr.p. of effic[)e]re--ex, out, fac[)e]re, to make.]

EFFIERCE, ef-f[=e]rs', v.t. (Spens.) to make fierce.

EFFIGY, ef'fi-ji, n. a likeness or figure of a person: the head or impression on a coin: resemblance--(arch.) EFFIG'IES.--BURN IN EFFIGY, to burn a figure of a person, expressing dislike or contempt. [Fr.,--L. effigies--effing[)e]re--ex, inten., fing[)e]re, to form.]

EFFLORESCE, ef-flo-res', v.i. to blossom forth: (chem.) to become covered with a white dust: to form minute crystals.--ns. EFFLORES'CENCE, EFFLORES'CENCY, production of flowers: the time of flowering: a redness of the skin: the formation of a white powder on the surface of bodies, or of minute crystals.--adj. EFFLORES'CENT, forming a white dust on the surface: shooting into white threads. [L. effloresc[)e]re--ex, out, floresc[)e]re, to blossom--flos, floris, a flower.]

EFFLUENT, ef'floo-ent, adj. flowing out.--n. a stream that flows out of another stream or lake.--n. EF'FLUENCE, a flowing out: that which flows from any body: issue. [L. effluens, -entis, pr.p. of efflu[)e]re--ex, out, flu[)e]re, to flow.]