encyclopedic 
Pertaining; In i>r <>f tin- nature of ;m enryolope- 
dia; relating to all branches nf knowledge. 
The range of Dante's stud) ami acqiiirrincnt would !>< 
encydnitfttit: In un> 
'I, Alllnll^ 111) ilnoliX, '2(1 Ker., |). 7. 
We still used, with onr multifarious strivings, an 
cltiittdir training, a "hie roiiiiiianil over the resoun < - < l 
our native tongue. <J. I' .>/"'>, l..-rla. on Knj;. tang., i. 
2. I'ussessino; wide and varied information; 
specie-ally, possessing an extensive but frag- 
mentary knowledge of facts rather than a com- 
prehensive iinilrrslamlinj; of j ii'inciples. 
encyclopedical, encyclopaedical (on-si-klo- 
pe di-kal or -ped'i-kal), a. Same as cncy<-li>/i> - 
die. 
Klein's gigantic work ["History of the Drama"], in its 
inception reminding one of the encyclopedical works of 
Hi. middle ages. \. A. Itea., CXXVII. 167. 
Aristotle \\:is nut only one of the most inquiring and 
encyrl/':i'<li<'<il. I nit also one of the moat thoroughly sensi- 
MI-, of all writers. Kncyc. Brit., II. 516. 
encyclopedism, encyclopaedism (en-si-klo- 
pe dizra), . K eneyeli>i>ciliit + -IN HI.] 1. That 
method of collecting and stating information 
which is characteristic of an encyclopedia. 
2. That phase of religious skepticism in the 
eighteenth century of which the French Ency- 
clopedia was the exponent. See encyclopedia. 
From the divine Founder of Christianity to the withered 
Pontiff of Encyclopedism. in all times and places, the 
Hero haa been worshipped. 
Carlyle, Heroes and Hero- Worship, i. 
encyclopedist, encyclopaedist (en-si-klo-pe'- 
dist), M. [= F. encyclopediste = Sp. enciclope- 
dista = Pg. cncyclopedista = It. enciclopedista; < 
encyclopedia + -ist.] 1. One who is engaged in 
the compilation of an encyclopedia. 
Doubtless It is no great distinction at present to be an 
encyclopaedist, which is often but another name for book- 
maker, craftsman, mechanic, journeyman, in his meanest 
degeneration. De Quincey, Herodotus. 
Specifically 2. In French literature, one of 
the collaborators in the great Encyclopedia of 
Diderot and D'Alembert (1751-65). The encyclo- 
pedists as a body were the chief exponents of the French 
skepticism of the eighteenth century : hence the name 
encyclopedia! lias been extended to other persons advo- 
cating similar opinions. See encyclopedia. 
Very rapidly, after the accession of Catherine II.. the 
friend of Voltaire and the Enct/clopafdints, it [French in- 
fluence] sank deeper. D. a. Wallace, Russia, p. 389. 
The application of these principles to social and political 
life, and the attempt to give them popular currency, was 
the task undertaken by the so-called Encyclopa-di*ts. 
W. (f. T. Shedd, Hist. Christian Doctrine, II. 217. 
encyclopedyt (en-sl-klo-pe'di), . Same as en- 
cgolopeaia. 
Ehcyrtidae (en-ser'ti-de), n. pi. [NL., < Encyr- 
tug + -iVte.] The Kncyrtince as a family of Hy- 
iiii'iKijilcrn. [Not in use.] 
Encyrtins (en-ser-ti'ne), n. pi. [NL., < En- 
ri/rtus + -inte.'] A subfamily of the parasitic 
hymenopterous insects of the family Chalcididte. 
They are distinguished by a compact form, the absence 
of parapsidal suture.-, a Ihotl mai-Jnal \i -in on the fore 
wings, a sharp occipital ridge, anil a hum nir--Mt ii>ial spur. 
The group contains chietly species of small size and ureat 
activity, parasitic in the main uponl>ark-lice:ui<l 1. pi'i-t. 
teron* lai'vie. ttiHiiu'li occasionally infesting other insects. 
Encyrtus (en-ser'tus). n. [NL. (Latreille. 
1809), < Or. hnvprof, curved, arched, < ev, in, + 
KvpToc,, curved. ] A genus of hymenopterous in- 
sects, typical of the subfamily Knciirliiiii: 
encyst (en-sisf), t. (. or t. (X cn-l + cyst.'] To 
inclose or become inclosed in a cyst or vesicle. 
A different mode n; 
De Bary, Fuugi (trans.), p. 442. 
Encysted tumor, a tumor inclosed In a well -defined 
membrane. 
encystation (eu-sis-ta'shon), . [< encyst + 
-<ition.] Same as MMyvtMMt 
The Hrli/oa jiri'i'auate tty simple division. v>ilh orwith- 
imt previous . Myotanm. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 564. 
1917 
encystment (en-sist'ment), n. [< tmrytt + 
-/in nl.} The process of becoming or the state 
of being encysted. Specifically, in biol. : (a) A pro- 
cess ; in protozoans, by which, tin- pneudo- 
podiaorntln i -prolongations of the body Mug withdrawn, 
Hi" animal annuities a spherical shape, ami I. 
with a comparatively tough resisting layer, which thus 
forms a cyst. The process Is usually preliminary to re- 
production, one of the consequences of encyntmeiit Iwing 
the formation within of spore-masses or plutldules, which 
at Icii.tli escape mi rupture of the cyst, and take up an 
iii'lrp emit ut existence. In infiuoriaiH three kinds of en- 
cystment are distinguished, technically called protectire, 
duplicative, and sporular. (b) A similar process occurring 
in certain fresh-water algw, especially desmids. (> I !i< 
hydatid or encysted stage of flukes and tapeworms, as an 
echlnococcus. See cut under Tcenia. (it) The similar 
encysted states of sundry other animaU, or their ova, em- 
bryos, or larva?. 
end (end), n. [Early mod. E. also ende (E. dial, 
also ccnd) ; < ME. ende, ccndt, < AS. ende = OS. 
i'/t/li =OFries. enda, einde, find, ein = MD. ende, 
fiiKli; I), nail, cinde = MLG. LG. ende = OHO. 
initi, andi, enti, ente, ende, MHG. ente, ende, G. 
ende = Icel. endir, m., endi, neut., = 8w. dnde, 
(imlu = Dan. ende = Goth, andeis (with orig. suf- 
fix *-ya) = Skt. onto, end, limit, border, vicinity. 
From an orig. case-form of this noun were prob. 
developed the prepositions and prefixes in- 
cluded under and- (> an- 2 , a- 6 ), ante-, anti- : see 
these.] 1. One of the terminal points or parts 
of that which has length, or more length than 
breadth ; the part which lies at one of the ex- 
tremities of a line, or of whatever has longi- 
tudinal extension : as, the end of a house or of 
a table ; the end of the street ; each end of a 
chain or rope. 
The holi man sah the heg engel atte alteres ende. 
Old Eng. Homiliei (ed. Morris), II. 145. 
Slowly, easily, gently, softly, negligently, as caring not 
what emit goes forward. witlialt. Diet. (ed. 1608), p. 86. 
I was this morning walking in the gallery, when Sir 
Koger entered at the end opposite to me. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 109. 
specifically (a) In coal-mining, the extremity of a work- 
ing-place, stall, or breast, (fr) In spinning, a loose un- 
twisted ribbon of cotton or wool ; a sliver, (c) The stem 
of a plant. IProv. Eng.] 
2. One of the extreme or furthermost parts of 
an extended surface; especially, the part or 
limit furthest away from the speaker, or from 
a customary point of view: as, the ends of 
the earth; the southern end of the Atlantic 
ocean ; she is at the end of the garden. 
An hunting for to pleyen him bl the wode's [wood's] ende. 
Life of St. Kenelm, 1. 150 (Early Eng. Poems, 
[ed. Furnivall)! 
And now from end to end 
Night's hemisphere had vell'd the horizon round. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 51. 
3. The point at which continuity or duration 
ceases or terminates ; the close or termination 
of a series, or of whatever has continuity or 
duration; conclusion: the opposite of begin- 
ning : as, the end of time ; the end of a contro- 
versy or of a book ; the end of the year or of 
the season. 
And ye schuleu be in hate to alle men for my name, but 
he that lasteth into the eende schaal be saaf. 
Wyclif, Mark xiil. 13. 
At the ni:l of two months . . . she returned. 
Judges xL 39. 
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall 
be no end. Isa. ix. 7. 
The " Boston Hymn "... Is a rough piece of verse, but 
noble from beginning to end. O. W. Holmes, Emerson, x. 
4. Used absolutely, the close of life ; death. 
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright ; for the 
'nit of that man is peace. Ps. xxxTii. 37. 
Think on thy life and end, and call for mercy. 
Ford, Tis Pity, v. 6. 
For few usurpers to the shades descend 
By a dry death, or with a quiet end. 
thryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, x. 179. 
He now turned his thoughts to his approaching end. 
Pracotl, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 25. 
5. A cause of death, destruction, or ruin: as, 
this cough will be the end of me. 
And award 
Kither of you to be the other's end, 
Shak., Rich. III., il. 1. 
6. A remnant or portion left over ; a fragment : 
as, end\e-ends. 
Thus I clothe my naked villainy 
With odd old ends, stolen forth of holy writ. 
Shot., Rich. III., i. 8. 
When Hopkins dies, a thousand lights attend 
The wretch, who living saved a candle's end. 
Pope, Moral Essays, iii. 293. 
7. That for which anything exists or is done ; 
a result designed or intended; ultimate object 
or purpose: as, "the end justifies the means." 
The i-ml of the commandment is charity. 1 Tim. i. G. 
end 
To gain nur ends we can do any thing, 
Ami turn onr souls Into a thousand figure*. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, Ir. 4. 
As for the third unity, which Is that of :,, H..M. the an- 
cients meant no other by It than what the logicians do by 
their finis, the end or scope of any action ; that which Is 
the first in intention, and last in execution. 
Dryden, Essay on Dram. Poesy. 
Art is the spirit's voluntary use and combination of 
things to serve Ita enti. Kwrrson, Art. 
A life that moves to gracious end* 
Thro' troops of unrccordiug friends. 
Trnnyton, To . 
8. A necessary termination or consequence; 
an inevitable issue or conclusion: especially, 
in logic, a result toward which the action of 
anything tends, in such a manner that if its at- 
tainment in one way is prevented some other 
action tending to the same result will be set up, 
or so that there is some tendency to such sub- 
stitution of one means for another. 
The end of those things is death. Rom. vl. 21. 
Whose ende is good or evlll, the same thing is good or 
evil). A sweard is good, because it is good for a manne 
to defende himself. Sir T. Wilton, Rule of Reason. 
There's a divinity that shapes onr end*, 
Kough-hew them how we will. 
Malt., Hamlet, v. 2. 
9. In archery, the number of arrows shot from 
one end of the range, before proceeding to 
shoot from the other. 
By the rules of the York Round three arrows to each 
archer constitute an end. 
il. and W. Thompson, Archery, p. 52. 
An end. See un-end. At loose ends, in disorder; 
slack; undisciplined. 
Things are getting worse and worse every day. We are 
all at loose ends. S. Judd, Margaret, II. 7. 
At one's wit's end, at the end of one's ability to decide 
or act ; in a position where one does not know what further 
to do. 
Astrymyanes also aren at her irittes ende ; 
Of that was calculed of the element the contrarie thei 
fynde. fieri J'loteman (B), xv. 364. 
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a dnmken man, 
and are at their wit's end. Ps. evil. 27. 
Candle's end. See candle-end. Dead on end. See 
dead. End for end. (a) In reverse position: *o that 
each end occupies the place that the other did before : 
as, to I urn a plank end for end. 
To shift a fall etui far end Is to reeve It the opposite 
way, so that the hauling part becomes the standing part. 
Hainersley. 
(M) Kaut., entirely: said of running ropes, cables, etc., 
when entirely run out of the blocks or the hawsehole. 
End man. See end-tnan. End on. (a) Having the end 
pointing directly toward an object : specifically applied In 
nautical use to a ship when her head is in a direct line 
with an object : opposed to broadside on. 
In higher latitudes we look at the (auroral] streamers 
almost end-on. Kncyc. Brit., III. 7. 
(I*) In coal-mining, at right angles to the cleat, or most 
distinctly marked set of joint-planes : said of a mode of 
working a mass of coal : opposed to face on. External 
end, the effect which it is desired to produce upon some- 
thing different from the subject. Thus, the external end 
of oratory is to persuade, while the internal end is to speak 
eloquently. In tne end, at last. 
The very world, which is the world 
Of all of us, the place where, in the end, 
We find our happiness, or not at all ! 
Wordsworth, Prelude, xl. 
Latter end., the latter part ; the ultimate end ; the con- 
clusion : chiefly with reference to the end of lite. 
that they were wise, . . . that they would consider 
their latter end ! Deut. xxxii. 29. 
1 will sing it in the latter end of a play, before the duke. 
Shall., M. N. D., Iv. 1. 
The latter end of May Is the time when spring begins in 
the high Alps. J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 311. 
No end. (a) [As noun.] A great deal; a great but indefinite 
amount or number : as, we had no end of fun ; he spends 
no end ot money. [Colloq.] 
Another intensive of obvious import. They had no end 
of tin, i. e., a great deal of money. He is no end of a fool, 
i. e., the greatest fool possible. 
C. A. Bristed, English University, p. 40. 
(b) [As adverb.) Without end or limit; infinitely; ex- 
tremely. (Colloq.) 
He is rich ; and he is no end obliging. 
C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 185. 
Objective or absolute end, or end in itself, in Kantian 
philot., that which is the condition of the possibility of 
all other ends. Odds and ends. See odd*. On end 
[ = an end. an-end : see an-md|. (a) Resting or standing 
on one end ; upright : as, place the log on end. 
And Katerfelto with his hair on end. 
Cmrper, Task, iv. 86. 
(6) In immediate sequence or succession ; continuously. 
Three times on end she dreamt this dream. 
Fair Margaret of Craiffnargat (Child's Ballads, Vin. 460). 
He looked out of the window for two hours on end. 
Dicker*. 
Principal or chief end, the end or purpose mainly In- 
tended. 
Qu. What is the chief end of man? 
An*. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him 
forever. The Shorter Catechism, qnes. 1. 
