ebony 
lighter streaks, very haul, and one of the handsomest 
woods of that country. The i;reen <>v yrllow ebony of 
French Guiana, the wood of IU'ii""i"i L'-'n-nxylun, and the 
red ebony from tli Ion, a iv al>o \ery hanl and 
heavy. .Mountain rbouy, of the East Indies, is the wood 
of Bauhiniu i.'nmnta. 
Our captain counts the image of (tod, nevertheless the 
Image, cut in ebowi, as i( done in ivory. 
Fuller, Oood Sea-Captain. 
Hparkl'd his [the swan's] jetty eyes; his feet did show 
Henoath the waves like Afrlc's . 
K'tg, Imit. of Spenser. 
II. a. Of ebony ; made of ebony, or like eb- 
ony : ns, an ebony cane ; an ebony finish. 
6boulement (P. prou. a-bOl'mou), n. [F., < 
ebouler, tumble down, < {- (< L. ex-), out of, 
down, T "bonier, < boule, bowl, ball: see bow ft.'} 
1. In fort., the crumbling or falling of the wall 
of a fortification. 2. In geol., a land-slide, or 
land-slip; an avalanche of rock; the giving way 
and sudden fall of a mass of rock, earth, or loose 
material of any kind. Sometimes, though rarely, used 
by writer* in English, as, for instance, in describing the 
phenomena of earthquakes and volcanoes. 
ebracteate, ebracteated (e-brak'te-at, -a-ted), 
a. [< L. e- priv. + bractea, a thin plate: see 
bractedte.] In bot., without bracts. 
When bracts are absent altogether, as Is usually the 
case in the plants of the natural order Cmclfene, . . . 
such plants are said to be ebracteated. 
Ji Bentley, Botany, p. 181. 
ebracteolate (e-brak'te-o-lat), o. [< L. e- priv. 
+ bracteola, dim. of bractea, a thin plate : see 
bracteolate.] In bot., without bractlets. 
Ebraiket, A Middle English form of Hebraic. 
Ebrewt, >< An obsolete form of Hebrew. 
ebriety (e-bri'e-ti), n. [Formerly ebrietie; < F. 
ebriete = Pr. ebrietat = Sp. ebriedad = Pg. ebri- 
edade = It. ebrietd, ebbrieta, < L. ebrieta(t-)s, 
drunkenness, < ebrius, drunken: see ebrious,} 
Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous li- 
quors; derangement of the mental functions 
caused by drink. [Now rare.] 
Bitter almonds, . . . [as an] antidote against ebriety, 
hath commonly failed. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., 11. 8. 
We have a very common expression to describe a man in 
a state of ebriety, that "he is as drunk as a beast," or that 
"he is beastly drunk." /. D' Israeli, Curios, of Lit., III. 82. 
e~brillade (F. pron. a-bre-lyad'), n. [F., < It. 
sbrigliata, a pull of the bridle, check, reproof, < 
sbrigliare, unbridle, undo, loosen, < s- (< L. ex-), 
out, + briglia, bridle.] In the inanege, a check 
given to a horse by a sudden jerk of one rein 
when he refuses to turn. 
ebriosity (e-bri-os'i-ti), n. [Formerly ebriositie; 
= F. ebriosite', < L. ebriosita( (-), < e &rio*us,given 
to drink, < ebrius, drunken : see ebrious.] Habit- 
ual drunkenness. [Rare.] 
That religion which excuseth . . . Noah In the aged sur- 
prizal of six hundred years . . . will neither acquit ebri- 
ority nor ebriety in their known and Intended perversions. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 21. 
Of all ebrioaity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by 
the air he breathes? Thoreait, Walden, p. 234. 
ebriOUS (e'bri-us), o. [= F. ebrieux = Sp. Pg. 
ebrioso = It. ebrioso, ebbrioso, < L. ebrius, drunk- 
en.] Given to indulgence in drink ; drunken ; 
drunk; intoxicated. [Bare.] 
ebuccinatort (e-buk'si-na-tor), . [< L. e, out, 
+ buccinator, prop, bucinator, a trumpeter: see 
biircinator.] A trumpeter. [Rare.] 
The fbuccinator. shewer, and declarer of these news, I 
have made Qabriel, the angel and ambassador of God. 
Becon, Works, I. 43. 
ebulliatet (e-bul'yat), e. '. [Improp. for "ebul- 
late, < LL. ebullatus, pp. of ebuttare, for the more 
correct L. ebullire, boil up: see ebullient.'] To 
boil or bubble up ; effervesce. 
Whence this 29 play -oppugning argument will ebulliate. 
Pryime, Histrio-Mastix, I. iv. 8. 
ebullience, ebulliency (e-bul'yens, -yen-si), n. 
[< ebullient : see -ence, -ency.} A boiling over; 
a bursting forth ; overflow. 
The natural and cnthusiastiek fervour of men's spirits, 
and the ebulliency of their fancy. Cuatvorth, Sermons, p. 93. 
The absence of restraints of severe conditions in 
fine art allows a flush and ebullience, an opulence of pro- 
duction, that is often called the highest genius. 
A. Bain, Con. of Forces. 
ebullient (e-bul'yent), a. [< L. ebuUien(t-)s, 
ppr. of ebullire, boil out or up, < c, out, + bul- 
lire, boil : see boif, v.'] Boiling over, as a liquid ; 
overflowing; hence, over-enthusiastic; over- 
demonstrative. 
The ebullient choler of his refractory and pertinacious 
disciple. Landor. 
That the so ebullient enthusiasm of the French was in 
thi* case perfectly well directed, we cannot undertake to 
<> Carlylc. 
Those ebullient years of my adolescence. 
Luuvll, The Century, XXXV. 511. 
182; 
Ecaudata 
L. rburnus, of 
ard and dense, 
Mi r.rookfleld presents an amusing type of a prolix and ebumated ( P-Wr'na-ted), a. 
M old actor. Ath^um, Jan. u, 1888, p. 60. ivorV( + ^ + . crf2 -, fo a 
ebullioscope (e-bul'yo-skop), . [= F. dbullio- like ivory : said of bone. 
scope , irreg. < L. ebullire, boil up, + Gr. emrrc iv, eburnation (eb-er-ua'shon), . [= F. eburtia- 
view.J An instrument by which the strength lion; < it. eburnus, of ivory, + -ativn.] In //- 
of spirit of wine is determined by the careful thol., a morbid change in bone by which it 
determination of its boiling-point. becomes very hard and dense, like ivory, as in 
ebullition (eb-u-li8h'on),H. [=OF.e6uHicion,F. arthritis deformans. 
Ebullition = Pr. ebutticio = Sp. ebulicion, ebul- eburnean (e-ber'ne-an), a. [= F. tburneen, < 
licion = Pg. ebullictto = It. ebullizione, < LL. L. eburneus, of ivory: see eburneoug.] Relat- 
ebullitio(n-), < L. ebullire, boil up: see ebullient.'] ing to or made of ivory. 
1. The bubbling up or agitation which results eburneous (e-ber'ne-us), a. [= Sp. eburtwo = 
from the action of heat on a liquid, owing to Pg. eburneo = It. eoumea, eburno, < L. eburne- 
' ma : ^e-ation. ] The conversion of sub- 
It is possible to heat water 20" F. above it, boiling-point . 
without ebullition. Clerk Maxwell, Heat, pY 25. stances into others which have the appearance 
("ebTr-ni'nfi 
/< Ebltruu + 
2. Any similar agitation, bubbling up, or dis- 
turbed or seething condition or appearance, 
produced by causes other than heat, as when 
rapidly flowing water encounters numerous ob- 
stacles or contrary currents. 
The chafing of the water against these huge obstacles 
/. [NL. (Swain- 
J A subfamily of 
gastropods, typified by the genus Eburna, and 
to which have been also referred genera now 
known to be little related to it. See cut under 
Eburna. 
one with another, creates snch a violent ebullition,'. . bumine (eb'er-nin or -nin), a. 
that it fills the mind with confusion. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 156. 
3. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation 
or by any other process which causes the evo- 
lution of an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of 
an acid with a carbonated alkali. [In this sense ec-. [L., etc., ec- ( < Gr. CK-, t/c, reg. form before 
Ite], the meeting of the contrary currents e bnniine (eb'er-nin or -liin). a. [= F. ebur- 
nin, < L. eburnus, of ivory, \ ebur, ivory : see 
ivory.] Made of ivory. [Rare.] 
All in her night-robe loose, she lay reclined, 
And, pensive, read from tablet eburnine. 
Scull, L. of L. M., vl. 19. 
formerly biMition.] 
We cannot find it to hold neither in iron or copper, 
which is dissolved with less ebullition. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., Iv. 7. 
4. Figuratively, an outward display of feeling ; 
a sudden burst ; a pouring forth ; an overflow- or ento-. 
ing: as, an ebullition of passion. 6caille-work (a-kaly'werk), n. 
The greatest ebullitions of the imagination. Johraon. 
a consonant of tf-, f, out, etc. : see ex-.] A 
prefix of Greek origin, the form of ex- before a 
consonantj as in ec-lipse, ec-logue, ec-stasy, etc. 
It is sometimes used in scientific terms as equiv- 
alent to ecto- or exo-, as opposed to en-, endo-, 
Disposed to refer this to inexperience, or the ebullition 
of youthful spirit. Pretcott, Ferd. and Isa,, L 3. 
It. scaglia (< G. schale, scale) (see scale 1 ), + 
E. work.'} Decorative work made by sewing 
scales cut from quills upon a foundation, as 
of velvet or silk, forming patterns in relief. 
When skilfully done it resembles mother-of- 
pearl work. 
It was not an extravagant ebullition of feeling, but 
might have been calculated on by any one acquainted with 
the spirits of our community. 
Emerson, Hist. Discourse at Concord, ecalcarate (e-kal'ka-rat), a. [< NL. "ecalcara- 
= Syn. Ebullition, Efervescence, Fermentation. Ebulli- tus, < L. e- priv. -t-' calcar, a spur: see CdJca- 
the word may be applied flg- rate.} In zool. and bot., having no spur or cal- 
car, in any technical sense of the latter word. 
uratlvely to that which suggests heated or intense activ- 
ebulumt! , 
-lus), n. [L.] The herb wall- 
wort, danewort, or dwarf elder. 
E. Phillips, 1706. 
Eburia (e-bu'ri-S), n. [NL. (Ser- 
ville, 1834), < L. ebur, ivory : see 
ieory.] A genus of longicorn 
beetles, of the family Ceramby- 
c/'oVe, comprising many species, 
mostly of Central and South 
America and the West Indies. 
Ten, however, are found in 
North America, as the common 
E. quadrigeminata. 
eburine (eb'u-rin), n. [< L. ebur, 
ivory (see ivory), + -ine 2 .] An 
artificial ivory composed of 
bone-dust, gum tragacanth, and 
some coloring substance. 
ecardinal (e-kar'di-nal), 0. [< NL. "ccardina- 
lin, < L. e- priv. + cardo (cardin-), hinge: see 
cardinal.} Hingeless, inarticulate, or lyopo- 
matous, as a brachiopod; of or pertaining to 
the Ecardincn. 
Ecardines (e-kar'di-nez), H. pi. [NL., < L. e- 
priv. + cardo (cardin-), a hinge.] One of the 
two orders of the class Bracliiopoda. it includes 
those brachiojHxIs the bivalve shell of which has no hinge 
and little if any difference between the dorsal and ven- 
tral valves, and contains the families Linyulidtr, Ditci- 
nida;, and Craniidtf, which arc thus collectively distin- 
guished from the Tenticardine*. The term is synonymous 
with Lyopomata, Inarticulata, Pleurojmaia, and Sana- 
branchiata, all of which are names of this division of 
brachiopods. 
Ecardinia (e-kar-din'i-ft), n. pi. [NL.] Same 
as Ecardines. 
ecarinate (e-kar'i-nat), a. 
[< NL. "ecarinatus, 
In 
eburite (eb'u-rit), . [< L. ebur, ivory. + -ite*.} C L - f" P"J-. + eartna, keel : see carinate.} 
Same as eburine. ormth. and bot., without a canna or keel. 
Eburna(e-ber'na),n. [NL., fern. of L. eburnus, 6cart6 (a-kfcr-ta ), . [I., lit. discarded, pp. 
' ' 
urna(e-ber'na),n. [NL., fern. of L. eburnus, -- , . ., . sare, pp. 
of ivorv, '< ebur, 'ivory: see ivory.} A genus of < ecarter < discard, set aside, < e-, < L. er, out, 
astroods variousl + rte, card : see cr,?i, and cf. dwcarrf.] A 
gastropods 
limited. ( a 
Ivory-shell (Ednma tfirata}. 
Is, variously 
,ix) By Lamarck it 
wasmadetoincludetheivory- 
shell E. glabrata, as well as 
turreted species of the family 
Bucciwdae. (b) By most later 
writers the typical species 
has been referred to the Oli- 
vidm and the genus restrict- 
ed to buccinids, like E. tpi- 
rata, which are by others des- 
ignated as the genus Latrun- 
ailui. As thus limited, it is 
remarkable for the oblong- 
ovate form, turreted spire, 
and flattish upper or sutural 
surface of the whorls, deep 
umbilicus, and thick porcef- 
lanous texture. The color is 
also characteristic, reddish 
'] 
. , . ., - - 1 persons with thirty-two 
cards, the small cards from two to six inclusive 
being excluded. The players having cut for the deal, 
which is decided by the highest card, the dealer gives flve 
cards to each player, three and two at a time, and turns 
up the eleventh card for trump. If he turns up a king. 
lie scores one ; and if the king of trumps occurs in the hand 
of either player, the holder may score one by announcing 
it before playing. The cards rank as follows : king (high- 
est), queen, knave, ace, ten, etc. A player having a higher 
card of the suit led must take the trick with such a card ; 
it he cannot follow suit, he may play a trump or not, as 
he chooses. Three tricks count one point, flve tricks (call- 
ed a >(<) two points, and flve points make game. Before 
play begins the non-dealer may propose that Is, claim 
the right to discard (eearter) any of the cards in his hand, 
and have them replaced with fresh ones from the pack. 
Should he do so, both can discard as many cards as they 
choose. 
white ground, (c) By a f 
ivory-shell E. iilabrata, bj _ f 
arc about 14 species, found in China, etc. ; some are used 
for food. 
""- I'li'^^^'vsWet'd'to't'he Ecaudata (e-ka-da't&), n. pi [NL., neut. pi. 
Anurn or tailless batrachians: opposed to Cau- 
data or Vrodela. 
