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Thecouncell then pri-si'iit,. m ii/'i''//.'Mnysueeee, would emulatory (om'u-la-to-ri), a. [(emulate + -ory.] 
o span- me frtic men t.. IM- im/i-ardc-d Arising out of emulation; of or belonging to 
not thinko It fit 
in those vnknowiu) regions. 
Cajit. John Smith, True Travels, I. i::.'i. 
emulatet (em'u-lat), a. [< L. irmiilntiix, i>]>. : 
see the verb.] ' Emulative; eager to equal or 
excel. 
Our last king . . . 
Was, an you know, by Fortlnliras <!' Norway, 
Thereto prick'd on by a mint emulate pride, 
Dar'd to the combat. Skat., Hamlet, I. 1. 
emulation (em-u-la'shon). n. [= F. 
= Pr. eiiiiilariii = Sp. / mutation = Pg. emulayfbi 
= It. emula:imu; < L. mimlntio(n-), < eemulari, 
emulate : see emulate.'] 1. Love of superiority ; 
desire or ambition to equal or excel others ; the 
emulation ; denoting emulation. 
Whether some secret and emulatory brawles passed ta- 
tween Klpporah ami M in.au. /;/>. l/all, Aaron and Miriam. 
At ale-drinking emulatiiry poems are lung 
Between chivalrous people. 
O r Curry, Anc. Irish, II. Ml. 
emulatress (em'u-la-tres), n. [= F. emulatrice 
= It. emulatrice, <C L. u-inulntrix, fern, of (emula- 
tor: see emulator."] A woman who emulates. 
[Rare.] 
Truth, whoso mother Is History, the emulatress of time, 
the treasury of actions, the witness of things past, and 
advertiser of things to come. 
Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, II. I. 
instinct that incites to effort for the attainment emu i ef ( em 'ul), v. t. [Early mod. E. also temule ; 
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of equal or superior excellence or estimation in 
any respect. 
Among the lower animals we see many symptoms of 
emulation, but in them its effects are perfectly insignifi- 
cant when compared with those which it produces in hu- 
man conduct. ... In our own race emulation operates 
in an infinite variety of directions, and is one of the prin- 
cipal sources of human improvement. 
D. Steurart, Moral Powers, I. Ii. S 5. 
Let the man who thinks he is actuated by generous 
= OF. emuler = Sp. Pg. emular = It. emulare, < 
L. tnnulari, emulate : see emulate.] To emulate. 
Yet, rriiiiilin-i my pipe, he tooke In bond 
My pipe, before that amuled of many. 
Spenser, Colin Clout, 1. 72. 
This Is the ground whereon the young Nassau, 
Emuliny that day his ancestor's renown, 
Received his hurt 
Southey, Pilgrimage to Waterloo, ill. 
eiuuiaiian 'only, aiid wishes to know whethc'r there be emulget (f-mulj'), v. t. [< L. emulgere (> It. 
anything of envy in the case, examine his own heart. emultiere), 'milk out, drain out, < e, out, + mul- 
Beattie, Moral Science, I. II. 5. ^^ E . jntffc.] To drain out. Bailey. 
2. Effort to equal or excel in qualities or ac- emulgence (e-mul'jens), n. [< emulgent: see 
tions; imitative rivalry, as of that which one -eiice.] The 'act of draining out. [Rare.] 
admires in another or others : as, the emulation We ak men would be rendered nervous by the flattery of 
of great actions, or of the rich by the poor. a woman's worship ; or they would be for returning it, at 
Then younger brothers may eate grasse, yf they cannot ^^^L^^ ^ U '* ba " d ' ei1 * ""* ' T 
achieue to excell ; which will bring a blessed emulation to ' < iii frf ,lith Thn Fcoint xiv 
England. Booke of Precedence (E. 1. T. S., extra ser.), i. 11. 
The apostle exhorts the Corinthians to an holy and gen- emulgent (e-mul'jeilt), a. and n. [= F. etntil- 
eral emulation of the charity of the Macedonians, in con- gent = Sp. Pg. It. emulgente, < L. emulgen(t-)s, 
tributing freely to the relief of the poor saints at Jerusa- p pr> o f emulgere. milk out, drain out : see 
lem - SO.KA, sermons. emulge ^ I. a . in <,(., draining out: applied 
But now, since the rewards of honour are taken away, to tne rena i arteries and veins, as draining the 
iat virtuous emulation is turned into direct malice. _;_ f, , *u_ 1.1, ,i 
n i !,... ,. n.. n ,,, p A ov unnt* lioni tlie Dloou. 
that virtuous emulation is turnea inio airect mance. - 
Druden, Essay on Dram. Poesy, urine I r n tn blood. 
II. n. 1. In anat., an emulgent vessel. 2. 
3f. Antagonistic nvalry; malicious or injurious In pharmacology, a remedy which excites the 
contention ; strife for superiority. [Unusual.] fl wofbile. 
What madness rules In brain-sick men, emulOUS (em'u-lus), a. [< L. cemulus, striving 
When for so slight and frivolous a cause, t j ^ el n ' V aling; in a bad sense, en- 
Such factions emulation, "!* ^ yj (y 1 ^ jealous . ^ kin to ^ itori) imitate :' see 
My heart laments that virtue cannot live imitate ] 1. Desirous of equaling or excelling, 
Out of the teeth of emulation. Shak., J. C., ii. 3. as what one admires ; inclined to imitative ri- 
valry: with of before an object: as, emulous of 
another's example or virtues. 
By strength 
= Syn. 1 and 2. Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. The 
natural love of superiority is known as emulation; In com- 
mon use the word signifies the desire and the resulting 
endeavor to equal or surpass another or others in some 
quality, attainment, or achievement. It is intrinsically 
neutral both as to time and motive, but It Is most fre- 
quently applied to the relations of contemporaries or 
associates, and to feelings and efforts of an honorable na- 
ture. Competition Is the act of utriving against others ; 
the word is used only where the object to be attained is 
pretty clearly in mind, and that object Is not mere supe- 
riority, but some definite thing : as, competition for a prize ; 
competition In business. Kivalry, unless qualified by some 
favorable adjective, is generally a contest in which the 
competitors push their several Interests In an ungenerous 
spirit, malignant feelings being easily a result. Jtiaalry 
may be general In its character : as, the rivalry between 
two states or cities ; in such cases It may be friendly and 
honorable. 
A noble emulation heaU your breast. Dryden. 
Envy, to which tlf ignoble mind's a slave, 
Is emulation in the Tearn'd or brave. 
Pope, Essay on Man, li. 101. 
Competition for the crown, there is none nor can be. 
Bacon. 
When the worship of rank and the worship of wealth 
They measure all, o/ other excellence 
Not emulous. Milton, P. L, vi. 822. 
The leaders, picked men of a courage and vigor tried 
and augmented in fifty battles, are emulous to distinguish 
themselves above each other by new merits, as clemency, 
hospitality, splendor of living. Emerson, War. 
2. Rivaling; competitive. 
Both striuing in emulous contention whether shall adde 
more pleasure or more profit to the Citie. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 237. 
3f. Envious ; jealous ; contentiously eager. 
He is not emulous, as Achilles is. Skalc., T. and C., U. 3. 
What the Gaul or Moor could not effect, 
Nor emulous Carthage, with her length of spite, 
Shall be the work of one. S. Jonson, Catiline. 
emulously (em'u-lus-li), adv. With emulation, 
or desire of equaling or excelling. 
So tempt they him, and emulouiln vie 
To bribe a voice that empires would not buy. 
Lansdowne, To the Earl of Peterborough. 
chem., pertaining to or procured from emulsin. 
Emulate add, an acid procured from the albumen of 
almonds. 
emulsification (e-mul'si-fi-ka'shon), . The 
act of emulsifying, or the state of being emul- 
sified. 
emulsify (e-mul'si-fi), v. t. ; pret. and pp. emul- 
sified, TprjT.'emulsifi/ing. [< L. emulsus, pp. (see 
emulsion), + -ficare, make.] To make or form 
into an emulsion ; emulsionize. 
To fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace. 
Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Dcd. 
emulative (em'u-la-tiv), a. [<. emulate + -/re.] 
Inclined to emulation; rivaling; disposed to 
compete imitatively. 
Yet since her swift departure thence she press'd, 
He saw th' election on himself would rest: 
While all, with etntdatn''' /.eal. demand 
. To fill the number of th' elected band. 
lloole, tr. of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, v. 
Emulative power 
Flowed In thy line through undegenerate veins. 
Wnrilsirorlli, Eccles. Sonnets, I. 27. 
, emulsin (e-mul sm), M. 
emulatively (em u-la-tiv-h), adv. In an emu- 
lative manner. 
emulator (em'u-la-tor), ti. [F. cmuldteur = 
Sp. Pg- riul<idfir=: It", emulators, < L. iriinilnioi; 
< (tmulnri, emulate: see emulate.] One who 
emulates; an imitative rival or competitor. 
As Virgil rivalled Homer, so Milton was the emulator of 
butli i Warburton, Divine Legation, ii. 4. 
Pancreatic juice emulsifies fat. 
Darwin, Vegetable Mould, p. 37. 
[< L. emulsus, pp. of 
emitltierr, milk out, drain out (see emulsion), + 
-iN 3 .] In chem., an albuminous or caseous sub- 
stance found in the white part of both sweet 
and bitter almonds, and making up about one 
quarter of their entire weight, when pure It Is an 
' -chin soluble in 
odorless and tasteless white powder, will 
\vati r and acts as a ferment, converting the aniygdallii 
of almonds into oil of bitter almonds, hydrocyanic acid, 
Full of ambition, an emi.nis , ,<uil,,i..,- <.f every man's '. 1 i ! H'Vp mul'shonl n T< OF emulsion F 
u.u.,1 iiarts, a secret and villainous contrive,- auainst me emulsion (e re ,n;, n. t ur . en on,r. 
his natural brother. Snot., As you Like it, i. 1. emulsion = Sp. emulsion = Pg. cmulsOO = It. 
Emydidae 
emulmone, < L. as if 'emulftio(n-), < cmultu*, pp. 
of emulytrr, milk out, drain out: see cmulge.] 
It. A draining out. 
Were it not for the rimilrion to flesh and blood in being 
of a public factious spirit, I might pity your Infirmity. 
Howard, Man of Newmarket. 
2. A mixture of liquids insoluble in one an- 
other, where one is suspended in the other in 
the form of minute globules, as the fat (butter) 
in milk: as, an emulsion of cod-liver oil. 3. 
A mixture in which solid particles are suspended 
in a liquid in which they are insoluble : as, a 
camphor emulsion. 4. Inphotoy.,a, name given 
to various emulsified mixtures used in making 
dry plates, etc. See photography. 
emulsionize (e-mul'shon-iz), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. MMMmfem), ppr. emulsionizing. [< emul- 
sion + -izc.] To make an emulsion of; emul- 
sify: as, pancreatic juice emulsionizes fat. 
This treatment, continued for seven or eight minutes, 
stitlicrs to set free the fat of the milk from its emulsion- 
ued state. Hed. Newt, L. 5S7. 
emulsive (e-mul'siv), a. p= F. emulsif= Sp. 
Pg. It. emulsivo. < L. emuu-us, pp. (see emul- 
sion), + E. -ife.J 1. Softening. 2. Yielding 
oil by expression : as, emulsive seeds. 3. Pro- 
ducing or vielding a milk-like substance : as, 
emulsive acids. Emulsive Oil, rancid olive-oil : in this 
state adapted for producing an emulsion, and used in dye- 
ing as a fixing agent for aluminium or iron mordants. 
emunctory (e-mungk'to-ri), a. and n. [= F. 
emonctoire =' Sp. Pg. emunctorio = It. emun- 
torio, < L. "emunctorius, adj., found only as a 
noun, neut., < LL. emunctorium, a pair of snuff- 
ers, < L. emunctus, pp. of emungere, wipe or 
blow the nose, < e, out, + mungere (scarcely 
used), blow the nose, = Or. airo-uvaoeiv, mid. 
ano-/ii'oaea6ai, blow the nose; akin to mucus, 
q. v.] I. a. Excretory; depuratory; serving 
to excrete, carry off, and discharge from the 
body waste products or effete matters. 
II. n. ; pi. emunctorics (-riz). A part or an 
organ of the body which has an excretory or 
depuratory function ; an organ or a part which 
eliminates effete or excrementitious matters or 
products of decomposition, as carbonic dioxid, 
urea, cholesterin, etc. 
emuscationt (e-mus-ka'shon), n. [< L. emus- 
care, clear from moss, < e, out, + muscus, moss.] 
A freeing from moss. [Rare.] 
The most infallible art of emuscation Is taking away the 
cause (which is superfluous moisture in clayey and spew- 
ing grounds), by dressing with lime. Errlyn, Sylva, xxix. 
emu-wren (e'mu-ren), n. A small Australian 
bird of the genus Stipiturus. The webs of the tail- 
feathers are decomposed, somewhat like the plumage of 
the emu. There are several species ; S. malachurvs is an 
example. See cut under Stiyiturus. 
emyd, emyde (em'id, em'id or -id), n. [= F. 
emyde.] A. member of the family Kmydidat; a 
fresh-water tortoise or terrapin. 
Emyda (em'i-da), n. [NL., < Gr. tuv* or fyff 
(E//W)-, f/nxi-), the fresh-water tortoise, Emys 
lutaria: see Kmys.] A genns of soft-shelled 
tortoises, of the family Triotiyclnda; haying the 
shell very flat and subcircular in outline, and 
the toes webbed and with only three claws. 
They are aquatic, and are often found burled in the mud. 
. t . iii mini, of North America, is a comparatively small spe- 
cies, with a smooth shell. The genus is closely related to 
Afjndmtectes (or Trionyx). 
Emydae (em'i-de), n. pi. Same as Emydidce. 
emyde, See emyd. 
Emydea (e-mid'e-ji), n. pi. [NL.,< Emys (Emyd-) 
+ -ea.] The name given by Huxley to a group 
of the Chelonia, having usually horny cutting 
jaws, uncovered by lips, the tympanum expos- 
ed, the limbs slenderer than in Testttdinea, with 
5-clawed digits united by a web only, and the 
horny plates of the carapace and plastron well 
developed. The Emydea as thus defined compose the 
river- and marsh-tortoises, and are divisible into two 
groups, the terrapins and the chelodines. See terrapin, 
Chelodinet. 
emydian (e-mid'i-an), a. [< Emys (Emyd-) + 
-kin.] Of or pertaining to the group of tor- 
toises typified by the genus Emys. 
emydid (em'i-did), n. A tortoise of the family 
Km i/dida. 
Emydidae (e-mid'i-de), n. pi. [NL., also writ- 
ten contr. Emyda;; < Emys (Emyd-) + -ida.] A 
family of chelonians, the so-called fresh-wa- 
ter turtles, fresh-water tortoises, or terrapins. 
It includes a large series of diverse forms, some of which 
are as terrestrial as the true land-tortoises (Tettudini4a\ 
and have a highly convex carapace, though most are 
aquatic, with flattened shell. There are about 60 species, 
cf numerous genera, agreeing in their hard shell, well- 
formed feet adapted both for walking and swimming, 
usually 5-toed liefore and 4-toed behind, and furnished 
with claws. They inhabit northern temperate and tropi- 
cal regions, within which they are widely distributed. 
