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courts of common law, or the records of 

 quarter sessions. 



ENS, 1 (part. pres. of me, to be.) The 



EN'riTTjJold metaphysicians distin- 

 guished the ens reale and ens positivum 

 from their en* rationis, which exists only 

 in the imagination. The old chemists 

 also had their ens to designate the essence 

 or Tirtue of a substance. 



ES'SATE, Lat. ensatus, shaped like a 

 sword (ensis). See ENSIFOHM. 



ENSEM'BLE (Fr.), a term used in the fine 

 arts to denote the general effect of a whole 

 work, without reference to the parts. 



EN'SIFORM , Lat. ensiformis, sword-shaped 

 (from ensis and forma) ; applied to leaves, 

 SC. 



ENTAB'LATURE, Fr. entablement, from 

 Lat. tabula ; that part of a column which 

 includes the cornice, frieze, and architrave 

 (q. v.). 



EJJTA'JL, from Fr. entailler, to cut. In 

 fate, an estate entail, abridged and limited 

 by certain conditions, prescribed by the 

 first donor, to descend in a particular line 

 of heirs. Estates-tail are either general or 

 special, and are always lesser estates than 

 a fee simple. To entail is to settle the 

 descent of lands so that no subsequent 



possessor can bequeath or alienate it. 



2. In Gothic architecture the term entail is 

 used to denote delicate carving. 



ENTA'SIA, from entasis; a generic name 

 for constructive spasm, embracing trisnius, 

 tetanus, priapism, &c. 



EN'TASIS, itntiris, from y/, to 

 Strain ; a name given to the slight curva- 

 ture of the shafts of the ancient Grecian 

 columns, particularly the Doric, which is 

 exceedingly graceful". 



ENTE. In heraldry, a term signifying 

 grafted. 



ENT'ELECHY, IVT&IX.IIOI, an Aristotelian 

 word expressing an object in its complete 

 existence, as opposed to potential exist- 

 ence. 



EN'TERING 1. Entering goods at the 

 custom-house is the lodging of a manifest 

 of them, and gaining permission to land 



them. 2. Entering ports are ports cut 



on the middle gun-deck of three-decked 



vessels to serve as doors. 3. Entering 



ropes, three ropes hanging from the en- 

 tering ports of a ship, on the right, left, 

 and middle of the steps : called also side 

 ropes. 



ENTERI'TIS, from |v, an intestine; 

 inflammation of the intestines. 



ENTEROCE'LE, from tm^sv. an intestine, 

 and x.y,\Y,, a tumour; an intestinal rupture 

 or hernia. 



ENTEROG'RAFHT, from IVTEJOX, an intes- 

 tine, and jf*3r > description ; anatomical 

 description of the intestines. 



EXTEKOL'OGY, from wri<e,an intestine, 



ENT 



, doctrine ; that part of anatomy 

 which treats of the intestines. 



EN'THYMEME, ttOuf&tfAa, from and 

 Dupes, mind; a term in rhetoric for an 

 argument consisting of only two proposi- 

 tions, an antecedent, and a consequent 

 deduced from it; the major is not ex- 

 pressed, but supposed to be present to the 

 mind. 



ENTIRE, complete or undivided. In bo- 

 tany, applied to leaves when the margins 

 are devoid of notches, serration, or inci- 

 sions. In conchology, applied to a shell, in 

 opposition to emarginate. 



ENTIHE'TV, j In laic, the whole of a 



ENTIERTIE. ) thing, in distinction from 

 a moiety. 



ENTOMOL'OGT, from WTO/MX,, an insect, 

 and Aeyay, discourse; that branch of 

 zoology which treats of insects. 



ENTOMOSTOM'ATA, the second family of 

 Siphobranchiata, in the conchological 

 system of De Blainville, including many 

 genera, as Buccinum, Dolium, &c., all 

 univalves. 



ENTOMOS'TRACA, from ivr'tua. an insect, 

 and SfT^ancov, a shell; shelled insects, 

 which, in the arrangement of Cuvier, 

 form the second section of Crustacea. 

 They are mostly microscopic, and all 

 aquatic, generally inhabiting fresh water. 



EJJTOZ'OA, from urof, within, and , 

 an animal ; intestinal worms. These form 

 the second class of the Radiata in Cuvier's 

 arrangement. The greater number in- 

 habit the bodies of other animals. 



EN'TREMETS (Fr.), small plates or dain- 

 ties set between the principal dishes at 

 table. The term is used in music for the 

 inferior movements inserted in a compo- 

 sition between those of more importance. 



EN'TREPAS (Fr.), a term used in the 

 menage for the broken pace of a horse re- 

 sembling an amble. 



EN'TRESOL (Fr.) See MEZZANINE 



EN'TROCHI, I from r{o%o; , a wheel , 



EN'TROCHITES, > wheel-stones; a name 

 given to the broken stems of fossil encri- 

 nites. These are well known under the 

 name of St. Cuthbert's beads. 



EN'TRT, Fr. entree. 1. In commerce, the 

 depositing of a ship's papers in the cus- 

 tom-house, and obtaining licence to land 

 goods : " The person entering any goods 

 inwards, shall deliver to the collector or 

 comptroller a bill of the entry of such 

 goods, fairly written in words at length, 

 expressing the name of the ship, the place 

 whence the goods were brought, and the 

 name of the person in whose name the 

 goods are to be entered, and the quantity 

 and description of the goods," &c. this is 

 a bill of entry. - 2. In late, a writ directed 

 to a sheriff, requiring him to command 

 the tenant of land, that he render to tin 



