El"sin (?), n. A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]

E*lu"ci*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating (?).] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

E*lu`ci*da"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. élucidation.] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

E*lu"ci*da`tive (?), a. Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.

E*lu"ci*da`tor (?), n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.

E*lu"ci*da*to*ry (?), a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.]

E*luc"tate (?), v. i. [L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle.] To struggle out; -- with out. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

E`luc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. eluctatio.] A struggling out of any difficulty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

E*lu"cu*brate (?), v. i. [L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.] See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount.

E*lu`cu*bra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. élucubration.] See Lucubration. [Obs.] Evelyn.

E*lude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See Ludicrous.] To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.

Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain.

Pope.

The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition.

Tylor.

Syn. -- To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.

E*lud"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being eluded; evadible.

E"lul (?), n. [Heb.] The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.

E*lum"ba*ted (?), a. [L. elumbis; e + lumbus loin.] Weak or lame in the loins. [Obs.]

E*lu"sion (?), n. [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See Elude.] Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

E*lu"sive (?), a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives.

Pope.

-- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n.

E*lu"so*ry (?), a. [LL. elusorius.] Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- E*lu"so*ri*ness (#), n.

E*lute" (?), v. t. [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.] To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot.

E*lu"tri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elutriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating (?).] [L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare.] To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

E*lu`tri*a"tion (?), n. The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.

E*lux"ate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + luxate.] To dislocate; to luxate.

E`lux*a"tion (?), n. Dislocation; luxation.

Elv"an (?), a. 1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.

2. (Mining) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.

{ Elv"an, Elv"an*ite (?) }, n. The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.

Elve (?), n. An old form of Elf.

El"ver (?), n. (Zoöl.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

Elves (?), n.; pl. of Elf.

Elv"ish (?), a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

He seemeth elvish by his countenance.

Chaucer.

2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]

Elv"ish*ly, adv. In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.

El"wand (?), n. [Obs.] See Ellwand.

E*ly"sian (?), a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age." Beattie.

This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.

Longfellow.

E*ly"sium (?), n.; pl. E. Elysiums (#), L. Elysia (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, &?; &?;, Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.) 1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

2. Hence, any delightful place.

An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks.

I. Taylor.

E*lyt"ri*form (?), a. [Elytrum + -form.] (Zoöl.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.

El"y*trin (?), n. [From Elytrum.] (Chem.) See Chitin.

El"y*troid (?), a. [Gr. &?; sheath, a wing case + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

El"y*tron (?; 277), El"y*trum (-tr&?;m) n.; pl. Elytra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to roll round.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.

El"ze*vir (?), a. (Bibliog.) Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.

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

Brande & C.

'Em (?). An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. Addison.

Em (?), n. (Print.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

Em-. A prefix. See En-.

E*mac"er*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.

E*mac`er*a"tion (?), n. Emaciation. [Obs.]

E*ma"ci*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

E*ma"ci*ate, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

E*ma"ci*ate (?), a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

E*ma`ci*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. émaciation.] 1. The act of making very lean.

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

E*mac"u*late (?), v. t. [L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate.] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.

E*mac`u*la"tion (?), n. The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

||Æ`mail` om`brant" (?). [F., shaded enamel.] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.

Em"a*nant (?), a. [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.] Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

Em"a*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. &?;, &?;, wet, &?; to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.]

<! p. 482 !> 1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.

That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate.

De Quincey.

Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.

Em"a*nate (?), a. Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]

Em`a*na"tion (?), n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. émanation.] 1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South.

Those profitable and excellent emanations from God.

Jer. Taylor.

2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.

An emanation of the indwelling life.

Bryant.

Em"a*na*tive (?), a. Issuing forth; effluent.

Em"a*na*tive*ly, adv. By an emanation.

Em"a*na*to*ry (?), a. Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More.

E*man"ci*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] [L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.] To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.

Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas.

Jowett (Thucyd. ).

(c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.

From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself.

Evelyn.

To emancipate the human conscience.

A. W. Ward.

E*man"ci*pate (?), a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.] Set at liberty.

E*man`ci*pa"tion (?), n. [L. emancipatio: cf. F. émancipation.] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

Syn. -- Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement.

E*man`ci*pa"tion*ist, n. An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

E*man"ci*pa`tor (?), n. [L.] One who emancipates.

E*man"ci*pa*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.

E*man"ci*pist (?), n. A freed convict. [Australia]

E*mar"gi*nate (?), v. t. [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.] To take away the margin of.

{ E*mar"gi*nate (?), E*mar"gi*na`ted (?), } a. 1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

2. (Bot.) Notched at the summit.

3. (Cryst.) Having the edges truncated.

E*mar"gi*nate*ly, adv. In an emarginate manner.

E*mar`gi*na"tion (?), n. The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

E*mas"cu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating (?).] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

Luxury had not emasculated their minds.

V. Knox.

E*mas"cu*late (?), a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.

E*mas`cu*la"tion (?), n. 1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.

E*mas"cu*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, emasculates.

E*mas"cu*la*to*ry (?), a. Serving or tending to emasculate.

Em*bace" (?), v. t. See Embase. [Obs.]

Em*bale" (?), v. t. [F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.] [Obs.] 1. To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.

2. To bind up; to inclose.

Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins.

Spenser.

Em*ball" (?), v. t. [See Embale.] To encircle or embrace. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Em*balm" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embalmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embalming.] [F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume balm. See Balm.] 1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm &?;is father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Gem. l. 2.

2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

With fresh dews embalmed the earth.

Milton.

3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

Those tears eternal that embalm the dead.

Pope.

Em*balm"er (?), n. One who embalms.

Em*balm"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embaumement.] The act of embalming. [R.] Malone.

Em*bank" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Em*bank"ment (?), n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Em*bar" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.

Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall.

Spenser.

2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

He embarred all further trade.

Bacon.

Em`bar*ca"tion (?), n. Same as Embarkation.

Em*barge" (?), v. t. To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.

Em*bar"go (?), n.; pl. Embargoes (#). [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.

Em*bar"go, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Em*bark" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.] 1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.

South.

Em*bark", v. i. 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

2. To engage in any affair.

Slow to embark in such an undertaking.

Macaulay.

Em`bar*ka"tion (?), n. 1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.

Em*bark"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embarquement.] Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.

Em*bar"rass (m*br"ras), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarrassed (- rast); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embaraçar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See Bar.] 1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.

2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.

3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.

Syn. -- To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.

Em*bar"rass, n. [F. embarras. See Embarrass, v. t.] Embarrassment. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

Em*bar"rass*ment (?), n. [F. embarrassement.] 1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper.

W. Irving.

The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations.

Bancroft.

2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Em*base" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.] To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.]

Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills.

Sylvester.

Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.

Bacon.

Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity.

South.

Em*base"ment (?), n. [From Embase, v. t.] Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.

Em"bas*sade (?), n. [F. ambassade. See Embassy.] An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak.

Em*bas"sa*dor (?), n. [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador.] Same as Ambassador.

Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour,
Was sent to Corinth.

Chaucer.

Myself my king's embassador will go.

Dryden.

Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. ambassadorial.] Same as Ambassadorial.

Em*bas"sa*dress (?), n. [Cf. F. ambassadrice.] Same as Ambassadress.

Em*bas"sa*dry (?), n. [Cf. OF. ambassaderie.] Embassy. [Obs.] Leland.

Em"bas*sage (?; 48), n. 1. An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon.

Except your embassages have better success.

Motley.

2. Message; errand. Shak.

Em"bas*sy (?), n.; pl. Embassies (#). [OF. ambassée, embascée, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. Ambassador.] 1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.

He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees.

Jer. Taylor.

2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.

3. The residence or office of an ambassador.

Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.

Em*bas"tard*ize (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bastardize.] To bastardize. [Obs.]

Em*bathe" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bathe. Cf. Imbathe.] To bathe; to imbathe.

Em*bat"tail (?), v. t. [See Embattle.] To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements. [Archaic]

To embattail and to wall about thy cause
With iron-worded proof.

Tennyson.

Em*bat"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling (?).] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

One in bright arms embattled full strong.

Spenser.

Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.

Emerson.

Em*bat"tle, v. i. To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]

Em*bat"tle, v. t. [See Battlement.] To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." Wordsworth.

Em*bat"tled (?), a. 1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.

3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.

Em*bat"tle*ment (?), n. 1. An intended parapet; a battlement.

2. The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.

Em*bay" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.] To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] [Pref. em- + 1st bay.] To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.

If that the Turkish fleet
Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned.

Shak.

Em*bay"ment (?), n. A bay. [R.]

The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick.

Sir W. Scott.

Em*beam" (?), v. t. To make brilliant with beams. [R.] G. Fletcher.

Em*bed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Em*bed"ment (?), n. The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.

Em*bel"lish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.

Em*bel"lish*er (?), n. One who embellishes.

Em*bel"lish*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embellissement.] 1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.

In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it.

Prescott.

2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.

The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.

I. Taylor.

Em"ber (?), n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. &?;myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden.

He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel.

Colebrooke.

Em"ber, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

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Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [a. d. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.

Em"ber-goose` (?), n. [Cf. Norw. embergaas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zoöl.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]

Em"ber*ings (?), n. pl. Ember days. [Obs.]

Emberizidae n. a natural subfamily including buntings and some New World sparrows.
Syn. -- subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae.
[WordNet 1.5]

Em*bet"ter (?), v. t. To make better. [Obs.]

Em*bez"zle (m*bz"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled (- z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling (?).] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.] 1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.

2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.]

To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.

Sharp.

Em*bez"zle*ment (?), n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.

Em*bez"zler (?), n. One who embezzles.

Em*bil"low (?), v. i. To swell or heave like a wave of the sea. [R.] Lisle.

Em`bi*ot"o*coid (?), a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ. -- n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

Em*bit"ter (?), v. t. To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

Em*bit"ter*ment (?), n. The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.

Em*blanch" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.] To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.

Em*blaze" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazing.] [Pref. em- + 1st blaze.] 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments.

No weeping orphan saw his father's stores
Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors.

Pope.

2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. [Archaic]

The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind,
With gems and golden luster rich emblazed.

Milton.

Em*bla"zon (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.] 1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair.

Prescott.

Em*bla"zon*er (?), n. One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.

Em*bla"zon*ing, n. The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Em*bla"zon*ment (?), n. An emblazoning.

Em*bla"zon*ry (?), n.; pl. Emblazonries (&?;). The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.

Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry.

Trench.

Em"blem (?), n. [F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. &?; a thing put in or on, fr. &?; to throw, lay, put in; &?; in + &?; to throw. See In, and Parable.] 1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.

Syn. -- Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token. -- Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as, the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.

Em"blem (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.]

Emblemed by the cozening fig tree.

Feltham.

{ Em`blem*at"ic (?), Em`blem*at"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. emblématique.] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

Em`blem*at"ic*cize (?), v. t. To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.] Walpole.

Em*blem"a*tist (?), n. A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

Em*blem"a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblematized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing (?).] To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.

Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure.

Bp. Hurd.

Em"ble*ment (?), n. [OF. embleer to sow with corn, F. emblaver, fr. LL. imbladare; pref. in- + LL. bladum grain, F. blé.] (Law) The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict.

Em"blem*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing (?).] To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]

Em*bloom" (?), v. t. To emblossom. Savage.

Em*blos"som (?), v. t. To cover or adorn with blossoms.

On the white emblossomed spray.

J. Cunningham.

Em*bod"i*er (?), n. One who embodies.

Em*bod"i*ment (?), n. 1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

Em*bod"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.]

Devils embodied and disembodied.

Sir W. Scott.

The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.

South.

Em*bod"y, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.]

Firmly to embody against this court party.

Burke.

Em*bogue" (?), v. i. [See Disembogue.] To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]

Em*bo"guing (?), n. The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]

Em*boil" (?), v. i. To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*boil", v. t. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.

||Em`boîte"ment` (?), n. [F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.] (Biol.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

Em*bold"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening (?).] To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak.

The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office.

Sir W. Scott.

Em*bold"en*er (?), n. One who emboldens.

Em*bol"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; to throw in. See Embolism.] 1. Embolismic.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Em"bo*lism (?), n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. &?; to throw or put in, insert; cf. &?; intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See Emblem.] 1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.

2. Intercalated time. Johnson.

3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Em`bo*lis"mal (?), a. Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.

{ Em`bo*lis*mat"ic (?), Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al (?), } a. Embolismic.

{ Em`bo*lis"mic (?), Em`bo*lis"mic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. embolismique.] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.

Em"bo*lite (?), n. [From Gr. &?; something thrown in between.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

Em"bo*lus (?), n.; pl. Emboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?; pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. &?; to throw, thrust, or put in. See Emblem.] 1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

2. (Med.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

Em"bo*ly (?), n. [Gr. &?; a putting into.] (Biol.) Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.

||Em`bon`point" (?), n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

Em*bor"der (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.] To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.

Em*bos"om (?), v. t. [Written also imbosom.] 1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.

Glad to embosom his affection.

Spenser.

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

His house embosomed in the grove.

Pope.

Some tender flower . . . .
Embosomed in the greenest glade.

Keble.

Em*boss" (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.] 1. To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.

Milton.

2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.

Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
Androgeo's death.

Dryden.

Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground.

Sir W. Scott.

Em*boss", v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

Em*boss", v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.] 1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]

In the Arabian woods embossed.

Milton.

2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

A knight her met in mighty arms embossed.

Spenser.

Em*boss", v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.

Em*bossed" (?; 115), a. 1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.

Em*boss"er (?; 115), n. One who embosses.

Em*boss"ment (?), n. 1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.

Em*bot"tle (?), v. t. To bottle. [R.] Phillips.

||Em`bou`chure" (?), n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.] 1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

Em*bow" (?), v. t. To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott.

With gilded horns embowed like the moon.

Spenser.

Em*bow"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled (?) or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.] 1. To disembowel.

The barbarous practice of emboweling.

Hallam.

The boar . . . makes his trough
In your emboweled bosoms.

Shak.

Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.

Or deep emboweled in the earth entire.

Spenser.

Em*bow"el*er (?), n. One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]

Em*bow"el*ment (?), n. Disembowelment.

Em*bow"er (?), v. t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.

Em*bowl" (?), v. t. To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Em*box" (?), v. t. To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

Em*boysse"ment (?), n. [See Embushment.] An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Em*brace" (m*brs"), v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.] To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*brace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced (-brst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing (-br"sng).] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.] 1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy.

Shak.

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them.

Acts xx. 1.

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak.

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak.

What is there that he may not embrace for truth?

Locke.

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced.

Denham.

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace.

Dryden.

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6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply.

Em*brace" (?), v. i. To join in an embrace.

Em*brace", n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses.

Tennyson.

Em*brace"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrassement.] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Dear though chaste embracements.

Sir P. Sidney.

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.

Bacon.

3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.

Barrow.

Em*brace"or (?), n. (Law) One guilty of embracery.

Em*bra"cer (?), n. One who embraces.

Em*bra"cer*y (?), n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Em*bra"cive (?), a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.

Em*braid" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.] 1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Em*branch"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embranchement.] The branching forth, as of trees.

Em*bran"gle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.] To confuse; to entangle.

I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties.

Berkeley.

Em*bra"sure (?; 135), n. [See Embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures." Shak.

Em*bra"sure (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.] 1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.

Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure,
Sat the lovers.

Longfellow.

2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Em*brave" (?), v. t. 1. To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.

2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.]

And with sad cypress seemly it embraves.

Spenser.

Em*brawn" (?), v. t. To harden. [Obs.]

It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh.

Nash.

Em*bread" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.] To braid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*breathe"ment (?), n. The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.]

The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost.

W. Lee.

Em*brew" (?), v. t. To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*bright" (?), v. t. To brighten. [Obs.]

Em"bro*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embrocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. &?; lotion, fomentation, fr. &?; to foment; &?; in + &?; to wet.] (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Em`bro*ca"tion (?), n. [NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.] (Med.) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Em*brogl"io (?), n. See Imbroglio.

Em*broid"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroidered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.] [OE. embrouden. See Broider.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen.

Ex. xxviii. 39.

Em*broid"er*er (?), n. One who embroiders.

Em*broid"er*y (?), n.; pl. Embroideries (&?;). 1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.

Addison.

A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases.

J. A. Symonds.

Em*broil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

The royal house embroiled in civil war.

Dryden.

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with &?;able and legend.

Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

Em*broil", n. See Embroilment.

Em*broil"er (?), n. One who embroils.

Em*broil"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrouillement.] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.

Em*bronze" (?), v. t. 1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [Poetic]

2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.