enclog 
enclogt (eu-klog'), v. t. [< en- 1 4- clog.] To 
clog or encumber. 
Tempests themselves, high seas, and howling winds, 
Tile gutter'd rocks, and congregated sands, 
Traitors ensteep'd to enclog the guiltless keel. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 
encloister (en-klois'ter), v. t. [Formerly also 
incloister; < OF. *encloistrer, enclostrer (cf. en- 
cloistre, enclostre, n., an inclosure, cloister) (F. 
encloitrer = Pr. enclostrar= Sp. Pg. enclaustrar 
= It. inclaustrare), < en-, in, + cloistrer, inclose, 
1914 
I. a. Bestowing praise ; commendatory ; lauda- 
tory; eulogistic: as, an encomiastic address or 
discourse. 
To frame some encomiastic speech upon this our me- 
tropolis. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, i. 1. 
Both [epitaphs] are encomiastic, and describe the char- 
acter and work of the deceased with considerable fullness 
and beauty of expression. Encyc. Brit., VIII. 495. 
Il.t n. An encomium. 
I thank you, Master Compass, for your short Encomias- 
tic. B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, i. 1. 
Those that sprung 
From Fonda, that great king of Mercia ; holy Tweed, 
And Kinisdred, with these their sisters, Kinisweed, 
And Eadburg, last, not least, at Oodmanchester all 
Jincloister'd. Drayton, Polyolbion, xxix. 
enclose, encloser, etc. See inclose, etc. 
enclothe (en-kloTH'), v. t.-. pret. and pp. en- 
clothed, ppr. enclothing. [< en- 1 + clothe.] To 
clothe. Westminster Rev. 
encloud (en-kloud'), v. t. [< en- 1 + cloud 1 , v.] 
To cover with clouds ; becloud ; shade. 
The heavens on everic side enclowded bee. 
Spenser, tr. of Virgil's Gnat, 1. 571. 
In their thick breaths, 
Rank of gross diet, shall \ve be enclouded. 
Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 
enclowt, encloyt, i>. See accloy. 
encoach (en-koch' ), v. t. [< en- 1 + coach.] To 
carry in a coach. [Rare.] 
Like Phaeton . . . encoached in burnished gold. 
Davies, Wittes Pilgrimage, sig. i. 3. 
en C03UT (on ker). [F. : en, in; coeur, < L. cor 
(cord-) = E. heart: see core 1 .] 1. In heart- 
shape; heart-shaped; hence, V-shaped, or with 
a sharp point downward: a phrase used in 
dressmaking and the like, applied especially 
to the bodice of a dress of which the neck is so 
shaped. 2. In her. See coeur. 
encoffin (en-kof 'in), v. t. [< en- 1 + coffin.] To 
put or inclose in a coffin. 
His body rested here in quietness until the dissolution, 
when, for the gain of the lead in which it was enco/med, 
it was taken up and thrown into the next water. 
Weever, Ancient Funeral Monuments. 
encomiastically (eu-ko-mi-as'ti-kal-i), adv. In 
an encomiastic manner. 
If I hare not spoken of your majesty encomiastically, 
your majesty will be pleased only to ascribe it to the law 
of an history. Bacon, To the King, letter 84. 
encomiologic (en-ko-mi-o-loj'ik), a. [< LL. en- 
comioloaicus, < Gr. eyKu/uo/toyuaif (as a noun in 
neut., tyK<i)[iiakoyi.K6v, sc. ueTpov), < eyK&uiov, a 
laudatory ode, + -l.oyiK.6c,, < -fayta, < teyeiv, 
speak: see-ology.] In anc. pros., noting a com- 
pound or episynthetic verse, consisting of a dac- 
tylic penthemim (-ww|.tww|:) followed 
by an iambic penthemim (=* \ *-"* \ =). some- 
times the term is used in a wider sense to include both 
this meter and a similar meter with a longer iambic colon, 
commonly called the elegiambus. 
encomiont (en-ko'mi-on), . Same as encomium. 
encomium (en-ko'mi-um), n. [Formerly also 
ner: see coin 1 , coign.] A piece of furniture 
made to occupy the corner of a room, especially 
an ornamental piece, as a cabinet, 6tagere, or 
the like. 
encollar (en-kol'ar), v- t. [< en- 1 + collar.] To 
surround with a collar. Boothroyd. 
encolor, encolour (eu-kul'or), v. t. [< en- 1 + 
color, colour. Cf. OF. encolorer, encolourer, en- 
couleurer, color.] To color or invest with color. 
Mrs. Browning. 
encolpion, encolpium (en-kol'pi-on, -um), n. ; 
pi. encolpia (-a). [LGr. iya6)imov, prop. neut. of 
yi/l7nof , on tue bosom, < v,in, + K&hroc, bosom, 
lap.] 1. In the early and medieval church, a 
small reliquary or a casket containing a minia- 
ture copy of the Gospels, worn hanging in front 
of the breast; an amulet: often in the shape of 
a cross. Hence 2. In the medieval church 
and in the present Greek Church, a bishop's 
pectoral cross. 
encolure (F. pron. on-ko-liir'), n. [F., the neck 
and shoulders, OF. encolure, encoleure, a neck 
of land, an isthmus (cf. encoler, put on the 
neck, embrace), < en (< L. in), in, on, + 
L. collum, the neck : see collar.] 1. The neck 
and shoulders, as of a horse. 
Hair in heaps lay heavily 
Over a pale brow spirit-pure, 
Carved like the heart of the coal-black tree 
Crisped like a war-steed's encolure. 
Browning, Statue and Bust. 
2. The opening at the neck of a dress, and also 
sleeve. Diet, of Needlework. 
encombert, v. t. An obsolete form of encumber. 
encombermentt, . See encumberment. 
encomiast (en-ko'mi-ast), n. [=F.encomi- 
aste = Sp. encomiasta = It. encomiaste, < Gr. 
tnofuatrrlit, < eyKuutd&iv, praise, < eyKatuov, an 
ode ot praise, eulogy: see encomium.] One who 
praises another; one who utters or writes enco- 
miums or commendations ; a panegyrist. 
or panegyric on a living person, neut. of r 
/uoc, belonging to the praise or reward of a con- 
queror, prop, to the Bacchic revel, in which the 
victor was led home in procession with music, 
dancing, and merriment, < h, in, + KO/IOC,, a 
revel: see Comus, comedy.] Formal praise; 
laudation; a discriminating expression of ap- 
proval, either of a person or of a thing. 
His first Encomium is that the Sun looks not upon a 
braver, nobler convocation then is that of King, Peers, 
and Commons. Hilton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
It is strange the galley-slave should praise 
His oar or strokes ; or you, that have made shipwreck 
Of all delight upon this rock call'd Marriage, 
Should sing encomions on 't. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, iii. 1. 
Tush, thou wilt sing encomions of my praise. 
Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois, i. 1. 
= Syn. Panegyric, etc. See eulogy. 
encommont (en-kom'on), v. t. [< en- 1 + com- 
mon.] To make common. 
That their mysteries might not come to be encommoned 
by the vulgar. Feltham, Resolves. 
encompass (en-kum'pas), v. t. [Formerly also 
incompass; < en- 1 + compass.] 1. To form a 
circle about ; encircle. 
Look, how my ring encompasseth thy finger. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 2. 
2. To environ; inclose; surround; shut in: as, 
the besieging army encompassed Jerusalem. 
With the great glorie of that wondrous light 
His throne is all encompassed around. 
Spenser, Heavenly Beautie. 
Canutus before the Death of K. Ethelred had besieged 
the City, and now with a large Trench encompassed it. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 15. 
We live encompassed by mysteries ; we are flooded by 
influences of awe, tenderness, and sympathy which no 
words can adequately express, no theories thoroughly ex- 
plain. C. //. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. i. 223. 
. To go or sail round : as, Drake encompassed 
the globe. 4f. To get into one's toils; get 
round ; gain power over. 
Ah ! ha ! Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, have I en- 
compassed you? Shalt., M. W. of W., ii. 2. 
5. To compass or bring about ; accomplish. 
[Bare.] 
self a splendid beast. 
P. Robinson, Under the Sun, p. 201. 
= Syn. 2. To gird, invest, hem in, shut up. 
encompassment (en-kum'pas-ment), n. [< en- 
compass + -ment.] 1. The" act of encompass- 
ing, or the state of being encompassed. 2. Cir- 
cumlocution in speaking ; periphrasis. [Bare.] 
And finding, 
By this encompassment and drift of question, 
In his writings he appears a servile encomiast. 
Goldsmith Voltaire e CO m yt, 
., - [< L. encomium: see encomium.] 
encomiastic (en-ko-mi-as'tik), a. and 'n. [=" Sp. Same &S encomium - 
encomldstico = Pg. It. encomiastico < Gr ev- M ? ny J )0 l )ish Parasites and men pleasing flatt 
ufHUTKb, < l^a^v, praise : see encomiast.] writtel1 llu ' Be colanmadM ^^L^>S^^ 
itterers have 
Bp. Bale, Select Works, p. 7. 
encounter 
Encope (en'ko-pe), n. [NL., < Gr. eyA-om?, an in- 
cision, a hindrance, < Ey/coyrav, make incisions, 
hinder, < tv, in, + 
KoVrttf, CUt.] A 
genus of irregular 
clypeastroid sea- 
urchins, of the fam- 
ily Mellitidw. it is 
lotable for the massive- 
iess of the calcareous 
est, and has a large lu- 
uile between the poste- 
ior ambulacra, in addi- 
tion to five incisions op- 
posite the ambulacra, 
as in K. emarginata. 
The mass of the test is 
greatest in E. grandis, 
a species Of the west Eacafr tmarfiaala. 
coast of Mexico. 
en coquille (on ko-kely'). [F.: en, in; co- 
quille, shell, cockle: see cockle^.] In dress- 
making, etc., arranged in the shape of a scallop- 
shell ; scalloped ; imbricated : said of knots or 
rosettes of ribbons, trimmings, and the like. 
encore (on-kor'), a*'. [F., < OF. encore = Pr. 
encara, enquera = OSp. encara = It. ancora, 
again, once more, < L. (in) hanc horam, lit. (to) 
this hour: hanc, ace. fern, of hie, this; horam, 
ace. of hora, > ult. E. hour.] Again; once 
more : used in calling for a repetition of a par- 
ticular part in a theatrical or musical perform- 
ance. This use is unknown to the French, who employ 
the word bis (twice, a second time) for the same purpose. 
encore (oii-kdr'), n. [< encore, adv.] 1. A call 
by an audience for a repetition of some part of 
a performance. 2. A repeated performance; 
a repetition in or as if in response to a recall : 
as, the conductor refused to give any encores. 
It was evident he felt this device to be worth an encore: 
he repeated it more than once. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xv. 
encore (on-kor'), v. t.; pret. and pp. encored, 
ppr. encoring. [< encore, adv.] To call for a 
repetition of (a particular part of an entertain* 
ment). 
Dolly, in her master's shop, 
Encores them, as she twirls her mop. 
W. Whitehead, Apology for Laureats. 
encorporet, v. t. [ME. encorporen, encorperen, 
< OF. encorporar, < L. incorporare, embody, in- 
corporate: Bee incorporate.] To incorporate. 
Putte the element of watir, that is to seye .iiij. Ib of 
watir vpou j Ib af mater and putte by .vij. daies to encor- 
pere wel as tofore in the bath of marien. 
Book of Quinte Essence (ed. Furnivall), p. 13. 
And eek of our materes encorporing. 
Chaucer, Canon's Yeoman's Tale (ed. Skeat), G. 1. 815. 
encorret, v. A Middle English form of incur. 
encoubert (en-ko'bert), n. [Appar. a F. form 
of Sp. encubierto = Pg. encoberto, pp. of Sp. Pg. 
encobrir, Sp. also encubrir, cover, conceal, < en- 
+ Sp. cobrir, cubrir = Pg. cobrir, cover: see 
cover 1 .] A typical armadillo of the family Da- 
sypodidte and subfamily Dasypodince (which 
see), such as the peludo, Dassypus villosus. The 
term has had a more extensive application. 
See cut under armadillo. 
en couchure (on ko-shiir'). [F. : en, in; cou- 
chure, < coucher, lie down, couch: see couch 1 .] 
In enibroidery, made, according to an early 
fashion, with coarse gold thread or spangles 
sewed in rows one beside another. 
encounter (en-koun'ter), t\ [Formerly also in- 
counter; < ME. encountren, < OF. encontrer, en- 
cuntrer = Pr. Sp. Pg. encontrar = It. incontrare, 
meet, come against, < L. in, in, to, + contra, 
against: see counter 1 , counter^, and cf. rencoun- 
ter, v.] I. trans. 1. To come upon or against; 
meet with ; especially, to meet casually, unex- 
pectedly, reluctantly, or the like. 
If I must die, 
I will encounter darkness as a bride. 
Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. 
When we came near any of these [Tonquin] Villages, we 
were commonly encountered with Beggars. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. L 14. 
If it became him [the saint] to encounter the pain of 
sacrifice and to be " acquainted with grief," it behooved 
him also to triumph over both. 
J. .R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 97. 
2. To meet antagonistically ; engage in conflict 
of any kind with ; contend with ; make an at- 
tack upon. 
There are mise as bigge as our countrey dogs, and there- 
fore they are hunted with dogs, because cats are not able 
to incoiinter them. ILakluyt's Voyages, II. 55. 
And as we find our passions do rebel, 
Encounter them with reason. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 2. 
3+. To oppose ; oppugn. 
