Edacity
E•dac´i•ty, n. [L. edacitas.] Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon.
Edder
Ed´der, n. [See Adder.] (Zoöl.) An adder or serpent. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Edder
Ed´der, v. t. To bind the top interweaving edder; as to edder a hedge. [Obs.]
Eddish
Ed´dish, n. [AS. edisc; cf. AS. pref. ed- again, anew. Cf. Eddy, and Arrish.] Aftermath; also stubble and stubble field. See Arrish. [Eng.]
Eddoes
Ed´does, n. pl. (Bot.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.
Eddy
Ed´dy, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eddied p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying.] To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
"Eddying round and round they sink." Wordsworth.
Edema
E•de´ma, n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as œdema. { E•de´ma•tous, or E•de´ma•tose• }, a. (Med.) Same as œdematous.
Edenic
E•den´ic, a. Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic. "Edenic joys." Mrs. Browning.
Edenite
E´den•ite, n. [From Edenville, N. Y.] (Min.) A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.
Edenized
E´den•ized, a. Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness. [R.] Davies (Wit’s Pilgr. ).
Edental
E•den´tal, a. See Edentate, a. — n. (Zoöl.) One of the Edentata.
Edentation
E•den•ta´tion, n. A depriving of teeth. [R.] Cockeram.
Edentulous
E•den´tu•lous ( 135), a. [L. edentulus; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] Toothless.
Edge (ej), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. ’akh• point, Skr. açri edge. rad.1. Cf. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]
1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
"He which hath the sharp sword with two edges." Rev. ii. 12.
"Slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword." Shak.
2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as the edge of a table, a precipice.
"Upon the edge of yonder coppice." Shak.
"In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
Of battle." Milton.
"Pursue even to the very edge of destruction." Sir W. Scott.
3. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
"The full edge of our indignation." Sir W. Scott.
"Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices." Jer. Taylor.
4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." Milton. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. — Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; — used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. — Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. — Edge plane. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. — Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. — Edge rail. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; — applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight. — Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. — Edge stone, a curbstone. — Edge tool. (a) Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. — To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. — To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. Bacon.
Edge, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edged p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.]
1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
"To edge her champion’s sword." Dryden.
2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
"Hills whose tops were edged with groves." Pope.
4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
"By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged." Hayward.
5. To move little by little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as edging their chairs forwards. Locke.
Edgeless
Edge´less, a. Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as an edgeless sword or weapon.
Edgy
Edg´y, a. [From Edge.]
1. Easily irritated; sharp; as an edgy temper.
2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.
Edibility
Ed•i•bil´i•ty, n. Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
Edible
Ed´i•ble, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as edible fishes. Bacon. — n. Anything edible. Edible bird’s nest. See Bird’s nest, 2. — Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab ( Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. — Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog ( Rana esculenta), used as food. — Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.
Edict
E´dict, n. [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. edit. See Diction.] A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
"It stands as an edict in destiny." Shak. Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.
Syn. — Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See Law.
Edictal
E•dic´tal, a. Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as the Roman edictal law.
Edificant
Ed´i•fi•cant, a. [L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See Edify.] Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard.
Edification
Ed•i•fi•ca´tion, n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F. edification. See Edify.]
1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
"The assured edification of his church." Bp. Hall.
"Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification." Addison.
2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] Bullokar.
Edificatory
Ed´i•fi•ca•to•ry, a. Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.
Edifice
Ed´i•fice, n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. edifice. See Edify.] A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; — chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as a palace, a church, a statehouse.
Edificial
Ed•i•fi´cial, a. [L. aedificialis.] Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
Edify
Ed´i•fy, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Edified p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.] [F. edifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. a. , OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]
"There was a holy chapel edified." Spenser.
2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.
"It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public." Gibbon.
3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.
Edile
E´dile, n. [L. aedilis: cf. F. edile. Cf. AEdile.] (Rom. Antiq.) See AEdile.
Edit
Ed´it, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] [F. editer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.] To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as to edit a newspaper.
"Philosophical treatises which have never been edited." Enfield.
Edition
E•di´tion, n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. edition. See Edit.]
1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers’ edition of Shakespeare.
2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as the first edition was soon sold.
Edomite
E´dom•ite, n. One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
Edriophthalmous
Ed•ri•oph•thal´mous, a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.
Educate
Ed´u•cate (-kat), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Educated (- ka•ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Educating (-ka•ting).] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See Educe.] To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn. — To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
Educated
Ed´u•ca•ted, a. Formed or developed by education; as an educated man.
Education
Ed•u•ca´tion ( 135), n. [L. educatio; cf. F. education.] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
"To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge." H. Spenser.
Syn. — Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.
Educe
E•duce´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Educed p. pr. & vb. n. Educing ] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as to educe a form from matter.
"The eternal art educing good from ill." Pope.
"They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves." M. Arnold.
Educt
E´duct, n. [L. eductum, fr. educere.] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.
Eduction
E•duc´tion, n. [L. eductio.] The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, ∧ Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.
Edulcorant
E•dul´co•rant, a. [See Edulcorate.] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
Edulcorate
E•dul´co•rate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edulcorated p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.] [L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. edulcorer.]
1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
"Succory … edulcorated with sugar and vinegar." Evelyn.
2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
Edulcorative
E•dul´co•ra•tive, a. Tending to weeten or purify by affusions of water.