embryo 
ovum, and scarcely extends beyond the early stages of an 
embryo. Rudiment is simply the specific application of 
a more general term to a germ or to the early, crude, or 
' rude ' stages of an embryo. 
II. a. Being in the first or rudimentary stage 
of growth or development ; incipient ; embry- 
onic : as, an embryo flower. 
The embryo manor of the German tribesman, with its 
village of serfs upon it, might therefore, if the same prac- 
tice prevailed, ditfer in three ways from the later manor. 
Seebohm, Eng. Vil. Community, p. 341. 
Embryo buds, in bot., the hard nodules which occur in 
the bark of the beech, olive, and other trees, and are ca- 
pable of developing leaves and shoots. 
embryoctony (em-bri-ok'to-ni), . [< Gr. f//- 
fipvov, an embryo, + -urovia, < K.TUVUV, destroy.] 
In obstet., the destruction of the fetus in the 
uterus, as in cases of impossible delivery. 
embryogenic (em"bri-o-jen'ik), a. Pertaining 
to embryogeny. , 
embryogeny (em-bn-oj'e-m), n. L< " r - ! J - 
fipvov, an embryo, + -yevua, < -yevfc, produ- 
cing: see -geny.] The formation and develop- 
ment of the embryo ; that department of sci- 
ence which treats of such formation and devel- 
opment. 
Taxonomy ought to be the expression of ancestral de- 
velopment, or phytogeny, as well as of embryogeny and 
adult structure. Huxley, Encyc. Brit., II. 49. 
embryogony (em-bri-og'o-ni), n. [< Gr. l/i- 
[Spvov, an embryo, + -yov/a, generation, < -yovo?, 
producing, generating: see -gony.] Same as 
embryogeny. 
embryograph (em'bri-o-graf), n. [< Gr. ift- 
flpvov, embryo, + ypafyeiv, write.] An inStru- 
ment consisting of an ordinary microscope com- 
bined with a camera lucida for the purpose of 
accurately drawing the outlines of embryos and 
series of sections thereof. It is also used to recon- 
struct minute morphological and histological details on 
a large scale from series of microscopic sections. It was 
invented by Prof. His of Leipsic. 
embryographic (em"bri-o-graf'ik), a. [< em- 
bryograph + -ic.] Drawn or graphically repre- 
sented by means of the embryograph. 
embryography (em-bri-og'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. lu- 
/ipvov, an embryo, + -ypaipia, < ypa&nv, write.] 
That department of anatomy which describes 
the embryo or treats of its development. 
embryologic, embryological (em"bri-o-loj'ik, 
-i-kal), a. Of or pertaining to embryology. 
The homologies of any being, or group of beings, can 
be most surely made out by tracing their embryological 
development, when that is possible. 
Darwin, Fertil. of Orchids by Insects, p. 233. 
embryologically (em*bri-o-loj'i-kal-i), adv. 
According to or as regards the laws or princi- 
ples of embryology. 
Is the hyppolais a warbler embryologically, or is he a 
yellow finch, connected with serins and canaries, who has 
taken to singing? Kingsley, Life, II. 203. 
embryologist (em-bri-ol'o-jist), n. [< embry- 
ology + -ist.] One who studies embryos; one 
versed in the principles and facts or engaged 
in the study of embryology. 
embryology (em-bri-ol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. i/i(}pv- 
ov, an embryo, + -Aoyi'a, < Uyeiv, speak : see 
-ology.] That department of science which re- 
lates to the development of embryos. 
embryon (em'bri-on), n. and a. [Formerly 
also embrion ; < F. embryon: see embryo.] I. 
n. 1. The earlier form of embryo. 
Let him e'en die ; we have enough beside, 
In embrion. B. Jonson, Alchemist, ii. 1. 
The reverence I owe to that one womb 
lu which we both were embrions, makes me suffer 
What's past. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, i. 2. 
Give me leave : I have 
All embryon in my brain, which, I despair not, 
May be brought to form and fashion. 
Massinger, Great Duke of Florence, iii. 1. 
I perceive in you the embryon of a mighty intellect 
which may one day enlighten thousands. 
Shelley, in Dowden, I. 230. 
2. leap.] [NL.] In entom., a genus of leaf- 
fceetles, of the family Chrysomelida;, with one 
species, E. griseovillosum, of Brazil. Thomson. 
1857. 
II. a. Embryonic; rudimental; crude; not 
fully developed. [Archaic.] 
Embryon truths and verities yet in their chaos. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., ii. 5. 
For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry, four champions fierce, 
Strive here for mastery, and to battel bring 
Their embryon atoms. Milton, P. L., ii. 900. 
Even the beings of his creation lie before him [Shak- 
spere] in their embryon state. 
/. D l Israeli, Amen, of Lit., II. 189. 
1896 
embryonal (em'bri-on-al), a. [< embryon + 
-al. This and the following forms in embryon- 
are etymologically improper, being based on 
the erroneous (NL.) stem embryon- instead of 
of an organism. 
Embryonal masses of protoplasm. liastmn. 
The arms of men and apes, the fore legs of quadrupeds, 
emendatory 
Contemplation generates ; action propagates. Without 
the first the latter is defective ; without the last the first 
is but abortive and embryous. Feltham, Resolves, i. 14. 
\, v. t. See imburse. 
v. An obsolete form of ambush. 
embushmentt, An obsolete form of ambush- 
men t. 
To the cete unsene tliay soghte at the gayneste, 
And sett an enbuschement, als theme-selfe lykys. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3116. 
the paddles of cetacea, the wings of birds, and the breast- em 1) Us yt (em-biz'i), V. t. [Early mod. E. eni- 
flns of fishes are structurally identical, being developed ^ Jjjljp, 1 < em-l + busy.] To employ; keep 
from the same embryonal rudiments. 
J. Fiske, Cosmic Philos., I. 460. 
Embryonal vesicle, in bat., the germ-cell within the 
embryo-sac which after fertilization is developed into the 
embryo. Also called oosphere. 
embryonary (em'bri-on-a-ri), a. [< embryon 
+ -an/ 2 .] Same as embryonal. [Rare.] 
embry'onate, embryonated (em'bri-on -at, 
-a-ted), a. [< embryon + -ate 1 , -ated.] In the 
state of or formed like an embryo ; relating to 
an embryo ; possessing an embryo. 
busy. 
In uedyll warke raysyng byrdes in bowres, 
With vertue enbeaed all tymes and howres. 
Skeltm, Garland of Laurel. 
Whilst thus in battell they embugied were. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. vii. 9. 
emcristenet, A Middle English contracted 
form of even-christian. 
The kyndenesse that myn emcristene kydde me fern jere, 
Syxty sithe ich sleuthe haue for-jute hit sitthe. 
Piers Plowman (C), viii. 46. 
Chan- 
A Middle English form of earn. 
See emir. 
See imell. 
a. 
St. Paul could not mean this embryonated little plant, 
for he could not denote it by these words, "that which emet, 
thou sowest," for that, he says, must die ; but this little cer. 
embryonated plant contained in the seed that is sown dies emeer n . 
not. Locke, Second Reply to Bp. of Worcester. JJSK emelt, prep. See imell. 
embryonic (em-bri-on'ik), a. [< embryon + emembratedt (e- mem 'bra -ted), a. [< ML. 
-ic.] Having the character or being in the con- emembratus, pp. of emembrare, exmembrare, de- 
dition of an embryo ; pertaining or relating to prive of members, < L. e, ex, out, + membrum, 
an embryo or embryos; hence, rudimentary ; member.] Gelded. Bailey, 1727. 
incipient; inchoate: as, an embryonic animal, emend (e-mend'), v. t. [The same as amend, 
germ, or cell; embryonic development or re- which is' ultimately, while emend is directly, 
* ' -S-SM *: ;~ from the L. : = F. ^mender = Pr. emendar = 
Sp. Pg. emendar = It. emendare, < L. emendare, 
correct, amend: see amend.] 1. To remove 
faults or blemishes from ; free from fault ; alter 
O f. , T, .,. ., 
searches ; an embryonic scheme ; civilization is 
in an embryonic state. 
At what particular phase in the embryonic series is the 
soul with its potential consciousness implanted V is it in 
the egg? in the foetus of this month or of that? in the 
new-born infant? or at five years of age? 
E. R. Lankester, Degeneration, p. 68, note B. 
embryonically (em-bri-on'i-kal-i), adv. As re- 
gards an embryo ; as or for an embryo ; in an 
embryonic or rudimentary manner. 
The dorsal or posterior fissure is formed . . . about the 
seventh day, . . . and accompanies the atrophy of the 
dorsal section of the embryonically large canal of the spi- 
nal cord. M. Foster, Embryology, i. 255. 
for the better ; correct; amend. [Rare.] 
A strong earthquake would shake them to a chaos, 
from which the successive force of the sun, rather than 
creation, hath a little emended them. 
Feltham, Low Countries, ii. 
embryoplastic (em"bri-o-plas'tik), a. [( Gr. 
ififipvov, embryo, + tr'Aaarof, < irhdaoeiv, form.] 
Pertaining to the formation of the embryo. 
embryo-sac (em'bri-6-sak), n. [< Gr. i/j/3pvov, 
embryo, + COKKO(, L. saccus, sac.] 1. In bot., 
the reproductive cell of the ovule in phanero- 
gams, containing the embryonal vesicle. 2. 
In conch., same as protoconch. 
embrvoscope (em'bri-6-skop), n. [< Gr. l/i- 
' ' at.] Anii 
2. To amend by criticism of the text ; improve 
the reading of: as, this edition of Virgil is 
greatly emended. 
He [Diibner, in his edition of Arriau] confines himself 
almost exclusively to emending such forms, etc., as are in- 
consistent with Arrian's own uniform usage in this same 
piece. Amer. Jour. Philol., VII. 204. 
= Syn. Improve, Better, etc. See amend. 
emendable (e-men'da-bl), a. [< L. emendabilis, 
< emendare, emend : see emend. Cf . amendable.'] 
Capable of being emended or corrected. 
emendals (f-men'dalz), n. pi. [<. emend + -al.] 
In the Society of the Inner Temple, London, 
England, a balance of money in the bank or 
stock of the houses, for the reparation of losses 
':'..,'.: - ., ., or other emergent occasions, 
ment which is attached to an egg for the pur- emendatelyt (e-men'dat-li), adv. [< "ex- 
pose of examining the embryo a part of the daf adj $ _^ 2 fter L J^ emenc i ate , fault- 
shell being first removed, and the opening so , ,' c J on . e ctly, < emendate, pp. of emendare, 
made being hermetically closed by tho appa- ^ t emen( {.' gee emend j Without fault 
ratus, which has a glass disk in the middle 
through which the development of the germ 
during the first few days of its growth may be 
watched. 
embryoscopic (em"bri-o-skop'ik), a. [< em- 
bryoscope + -ic.] Pertaining to the examina- emendation (em-en- or e-men-da'shon), n. [= 
tion of embryos by means of the embryoscope. OF. emendation, F. emendation = Pr'.' Sp. erne n- 
embryotega (em-bri-ot'e.-ga), . [NL., also daeion = It. emendazione ; < L. emei<datio(ii-), < 
embryotegium, < Gr. epfipvov, the embryo, + emendare, pp. emendatus, correct, emend: see 
reyof, a roof.] In bot., a small callosity near emend.] 1. The removal of errors; the correc- 
thehilum of some seeds, as of the date, canna, tion of that which is erroneous or faulty; al- 
etc., which in germination gives way like a lid, teration for the better; correction, 
emitting the radicle. 
embryothlasta (em*bri-o-thlas'ta), n. ^ , 
< Gr. fi/3pvov, the embryo, + QhaoTof, verbal adj. The question : By what machinery does experience at 
of O'Xaew, break.] A surgical instrument for the beginning divide itself into two related parts, subjec- 
dividing the fetus to effect delivery. Dimglison. 
embryotic (em-bri-ot'ik), a. Same as embry- 
onic. [An ill-formed word, and little used.] 
Foreseeing man would need the pressure of necessity to 
call forth his latent energies and develop his embryotic 
capacities. Bibliotheca Sacra, XLV. 644. 
correctly. 
The prynters herof were vei7 desirous to have the Bi- 
ble come forth as faultlesse and emcndatly as the shortnes 
of tyme for the recognysing of the same wold require. 
Tauemer, Dedication to the King (Bible, 1539). 
"bri-6-t 
The longer he lies in his sin withont repentance or emen- 
[JNL., dation. Jer. Taylor. 
The question : By what machinery does experience at 
ide itself into two related parts, su' " 
tive and objective? would also require emendation. 
J. Ward, Mind, XII. 569. 
2. An alteration or correction, especially in a 
text: as, a new edition containing many emen- 
dations. 
Containing the copy subjoined, with the emendations 
annexed to it. O. 1C. Holmes, Autocrat, i. 
, <Gr. 
embryotpmy (em-bri-otlo-mi), n. [< NL. *em- 
bryotomia (NGr. eufSpvoro/iia), < Gr. i/i/3pwv, an 
embryo, + rofir/, a cutting.] 1. The dissection 
of embryos; embryological anatomy. 2. In 
obstet., the division of the fetus in the uterus 
into fragments in order to effect delivery: an 
operation employed, for example, when the 
pelvis of the mother is too narrow to admit 
of natural delivery. 
embryoust (em'bri-us), a. [< Gr. tyflpvoc., grow- 
ing in, neut. e/ifipvov, an embryo: see embryo.] 
Same as embryonal. 
= Sp. Pg. cnien- 
dador = It. emendatore ; < L. emendator, a cor- 
rector, < emendare, correct, emend: see emend.] 
One who emends; one who corrects or im- 
proves by removing faults or errors, as by cor- 
recting corrupt readings in a book or writing. 
In the copies which they bring us out of the pretended 
original, there is so great an uncertainty and disagreement 
betwixt them, that the Roman emendatoreot Gratian them- 
selves know not how to trust it. 
Up. Cosin, Canon of Holy Scriptures (1672), p. 123. 
emendatory (e-men'da-to-ri), a. [= It. emen- 
datorio; < LL'. emendato'rius, corrective, < L. 
