English 
White men and natives ..innmnie.'ite with each other 
[In the South-Sen inlands] by me.ans of a very singular 
jargon . . . known &^nan'lnl tcnmt A'/i^JwA, or the " !KT|I.' 
lie IIHT lingo." Pop. Sri. Mo., XXX. so. 
The king's (or queen's) English, idiomatic or correct 
English. 
Ihiv will lie an nli! aluisingof (io.l's patience anil 'A-- 
king'ii English. H/mlr., M. W. of W., i. 4. 
English (inK'glish), >. [< i'.iKitixli, n.] \.tntit.i. 
1. To translate into the English language; ren- 
der in English. [Often without a capital.] 
Often lie woulde rmiliislie. his matters out of the Latine 
or (Jreeke vpon the sodeyne. 
AnchaiH; The Seholemastcr, p. 7. 
Those gracious Acts whereof so frequently hee makes 
mention may be engluh'il more properly Acts of feare ami 
dissimulation against his iniiul ami conscience. 
Hilton, Eikonoklastes, v. 
Lucretius Knglith'ill 'twas a work might shake 
The power of English verse to undertake. 
Ottcay, To Mr. Creech. 
2. To furnish with English speech. [Rare.] 
Even a poor tcnnti\y-Englithed Frenchman, who wasted 
time In trying to ask how long the cars stopped, . . . made 
a good dinner in spite of himself. 
Howelli, Their Wedding Journey. 
3f. To express in speech ; give an account of. 
A vain-glorious knight, over-englishing his travels. 
B. Jonsan, Every Man out of Ills Humour, Pref. 
4. In billiards, to cause to twist or spin and to 
assume a more or less sharply angular direction 
after impact: as, he Englished his ball too 
much. (TJ. S.] 
II. intrans. In billiards, to impart a twisting 
or spinning motion to the cue-ball : as, I Eng- 
lished just right. [U.S.] 
Englishable (ing'glish-a-bl), a. [< English + 
-able.] Capable of being rendered in English. 
///>. Diet. 
Englisher (ing'glish-er), n. An Englishman. 
[Rare.] 
William the Bastard could scarce have found the hardy 
Englishes so easy a conquest as Walter the Well-born 
may find these eunuch Romans. Bulwer, Hienzl, p. 138. 
Englishman (ing'glish-man), . ; pi. English- 
men (-men). [< ME. Englishman, Engliscman, 
< AS. Englisc man (man) (rare) (= D. Engelsch- 
man = Dan. Engelskmand = Sw. Engelskman), 
as two words: eee English a,nd man.] 1. A man 
who was born in or is a citizen of England ; 
in a broad sense, a man of the English race 
who preserves his distinctive racial character, 
wherever he resides. 
Where'er I wander, boast of this I can, 
Though banish'd, yet a true-horn Englishman. 
Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 
Then presently again prepare themselves to sing 
The sundry foreign Fields the Englishmen had fought. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, Iv. 443. 
2. An English ship. 
He Indicated the lumping steamer that lay among the 
sailing-ships. She was not an EnglMman, though I really 
forget the nationality of the colour she tlew at the peak. 
W. C. Russell, A Strange Voyage, tv. 
Englishness (ing'gUsh-nes), n. [< English + 
-ness.] The quality of being English, or of hav- 
ing English characteristics. [Rare.] 
Easily recognized by its Englishness. 
Art Jour., April, 1888, p. 121. 
Englishry (ing'glish-ri), . [< English + -ry.] 
1. The state of being an Englishman. [Ar- 
chaic.] 
The law of Enfilishry, by which a man found killed was 
held to be a Frenchman, and the hundred was made re- 
sponsible under this special law, unless evidence could be 
brought to show that the slain man was an Englishman. 
E. A. frfi'it/ii //, Virmnn ('.m.inest, V. 297. 
" Englishri/ was not proved, therefore there are three, 
fines." This refers to a rule made by the Conqueror, for 
the protection of his followers, that the hundred or town- 
ship in which a foreigner was slain should be fined If the 
slayer was not produced. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 423. 
2. A population of English descent ; especial- 
ly, the persons of English descent in Ireland. 
Eight years had elapsed since an arm had been lift. .1 
u]> in the conquered island [Ireland] against the domina- 
tion f the Ki^ifiihry. Macaulati, Hist. Eng., xxv. 
Presentment of Englishry, in oU Eng. Ian: during the 
dominion of tin- Normans, a plea orelaim before the coro- 
ner. :it an inqne-t on the death of an unknown man, that 
the decease. 1 was in.t a N.iftnan. lull KiiL-lish, an.l the vill 
or hundred was therefore not liable to the tine which the 
dominant race imposed for the death of one who could be 
suppose.! to IK> of their own number. 
Englishwoman (ing'glish-wum' f an), . ; pi. 
Englishwomen (-wim'en). A woman who is a 
native of England, or a member of the distinc- 
tive English race. 
The Old-English Kings almost always married Kwiliih- 
< a. A'. A. fYt'fmu;!, Old Kni;. Hist., p. 45. 
englislet (eng'glis-let), n. In her,, an escut- 
cheon of pretense. 
1933 
engloom (on-gl8m'), v. t. [< en- 1 + gloom.] To 
make gloomy; surround with gloom. [Rare.] 
Is this the result for the attainment of which the gym- 
nasium remorselessly enyloonu the life of the German 
boy? Pop. Sci. Jf. . X 1 1 1 
engluet (en-glo') ( v. t. K ME. engluer, < OF. 
englucr; < en- 1 + glue.'] To glue; join or close 
fast, as with glue. 
\\lian he sawe, and redle fonde 
This coffre made, and well mtiiit'd. 
Oower, Conf. Amiint,, yfil. 
englutt (en-gluf), v. t. [Formerly also inglut; 
< F. engloutir = Pr. englotir = OSp. englutir = 
It. inghiottire, < ML. inglutire, swallow,' < L. in. 
in, + glutire (> F. gloutir, etc.), swallow: see 
en- 1 and glut.'] 1. To swallow or gulp down. 
My particular grief . . . 
Engluti and swallows other sorrowi. 
Shale., Othello, I. 3. 
2. To fill to repletion ; glut. 
Being once englutted with vanity, he will straightway 
loath all learning. Ascham, The Scholemaster. 
engobe (en-gob'), w. [Origin not obvious.] Any 
earthy white or cream-colored paste used as a 
slip in coating naturally colored pottery, in or- 
der to mask or tone down its coarser and less 
agreeable tint. 
The red or brown ware was coated with a thin coating 
of white clay called an engobe or slip. 
Wheatley and Delamotte, Art Work in Earthenware, p. 22. 
The true Naukratian [ware], coated with a creamy white 
engobe, on which the decoration is laid In black or orange. 
J. P. Taylor, Andover Rev., VII. 447. 
engoldt (en-gold'), v. t. [ME. engolden (tr. L. 
inaurare) ; < en- 1 + gold.] To cover or adorn 
with gold. Wyclif, Rev. xvii. 4 (Oxf.). 
engomphosis (en-gom-fo'sis), n. [NL., < Or. 
ev, in, + 'iofopof, a nail, tooth, 4- -0s<s.] Same 
as gomphosis. 
engoreH (en-gor'), v. t.-. pret. and pp. engored, 
ppr. engoring. [< en-'- + gore 1 .] To make 
gory. Davies. 
A most unmanly noise was made with those he put to 
sword, 
Of groans and outcries. The flood hlush'd to be so much 
engor'd 
With such base souls. Chapman, Iliad, \\ i. 22. 
engore 2 t (en-gor'), v. t. [< en- 1 + gore*.] 1. 
To pierce ; gore ; wound. 
Lo ! where beyond he lyeth languishing, 
Deadly engored of a great Wilde Bore. 
Spenter, V. Q., III. L 38. 
2. To infuriate. 
As salvage Bull, whom two fierce mastives hayt, 
When rancour doth with rage him once engore, 
Forgets with wary warde them to awayt. 
Spe nter, F. Q., II. vlii. 42. 
engorge (en-g6rj'), *. ; pret. and pp. engorged, 
ppr. engorging. [Formerly also ingorge; < F. 
engorger (= Pr. engorgar, engorjar = It. in- 
gorgare, ingorgiare), < en- 4- gorge, the throat : 
see gorge.] 1. trang. If. To swallow; devour; 
gorge ; properly, to swallow with greediness 
or in large quantities. 
That Is the Oiilfe of Oreedlnesse, they say, 
That deepe engorgeth all this worldes pray. 
Spenttr, F. Q., II. xii. 3. 
2. To fill to excess; gorge ; specifically, in med., 
to fill to excess with blood ; cause hyperemia in. 
Engorged papilla, the edematous and swollen optic 
papilla associated with hyperemic and tortuous veins: 
same as choked disk. 
Il.t intrans. To devour; feed with eagerness 
or voracity. 
Nor was It wonder that he thus did swell. 
Who had engorged and drunken was with Hell. 
./. Beaumont, Psyche, xv. 293. 
engorgement (en-gdrj'ment), . [< F. engorge- 
ment (= Pr. engorjamen = It. ingorgamento, in- 
gorgiamento'), s engorger, engorge: see engorge 
and -meat,] 1. The act of swallowing greedily ; 
a devouring with voracity. 2. In pathol., the 
state of being filled to excess, as the vessels of 
an organ with blood ; hyperemia; congestion. 
3. In metal., the partial chok- 
ing up of a blast-furnace by an 
accumulation of material not 
thoroughly fused. Ordinarily 
called scaffolding. 
engouled Ten-gold'), o. Same 
MS i ngoiilir. 
engoulee (on-go-la'), o. [P., 
fern. pp. of F. engouler 
A Bend Engouiee. 
engolir, engouller = Sp. engullir = Pg. engulir. 
swallow up, < L. I'M. in, + gala (> OF. goule, F. 
gueule, etc.), the throat: see gullet, gules.] In 
her., swallowed ; being swallowed. Specifically 
('it An epithet applied to all bends, crosses, saltiers, etc., 
when their extremities enter the mouths of animals. (6) 
engrave 
evoured : sai.l of a child or other creature in the 
jaws of a serpent, . the like, whirl) Is swallowing it. 
engrafft, engraffmentt. Obsolete forms of in- 
i/riil>. iiK/riiflmt nt. 
engraft, engraftation, <(. Sec ingrnft. <-tc. 
engrail (fn-gral'), r. [Also ingrail ; < F. tmgrt- 
ler, engrail, < en- + grele, hail: see grail 3 .] I. 
trans. If. To variegate ; spot, as with hail. 
A cauldron new engrail d with twenty hewes. 
Chapman, Iliad, p. 3. 
2. To make serrate ; give an indented outline 
to. [Archaic.] 
Over hills with peaky tops em/raifd. 
Tennyion, Palace of Art. 
II. intrans. To form an edg- 
ing or border; run in a waving 
or indented line, 
engrailed (en-grald'), P- a. 
[Also ingrafted; < ME. enqrrli/d, 
etc. ; < engrail + -erf 1 .] In her., 
cut into concave semicircular 
indents : said of a line and also 
of the bearing, such as a fesse, 
bordure, or the like, whose edge 
is broken in this way: as, a bordure engrailed. 
Also engresU. 
Polwheel beareth a saltier etir/rail'd. 
K. Carem, Survey of Cornwall. 
engrailing (en-gra'ling), n. [Verbal n. of eu- 
grail, r.] An ornament consisting of a broken or 
indented line or band. Also written ingrailing. 
engrailment (en-gral'ment), . [< engrail + 
-ment.] 1. A ring of dots round the edge of a 
medal. 2. In her., the state of being engrail- 
ed; indentation in curved lines. 
Also written ingrailnient. 
engrain, engrainer. See ingrain, ingrainer. 
engrapplet (en-grap'l), r. i. [< en- 1 + grapple. ] 
To grapple ; struggle at close quarters. 
There shall young Hotspur, with a fury led, 
Engrapplc with thy son, as fierce as he. 
Itiinirl, Civil Wars, Iv. 
engraspt (en-grasp'), f. t. [< en- 1 + grasp.] 
To seize with a grasping hold; hold fast by in- 
closing or embracing ; grip. 
So both together flers engrasfffd lee, 
Whyles Ouyon standing by their uncouth strife does see. 
Spenter, F. Q., II. v. 20. 
Engraulidae (en-grft'li-de), n.pl. Same as En- 
graulidida;. 
engraulidid (en-gra'li-did), n. A fish of the 
family Engrautididce. 
Engraulididae (en-gra-lid'i-de),n.p?. [NL., < 
Engraulis + -idcr.] A family of malacoptery- 
gian fishes, typified by the genus Engraulis ; the 
anchovies: a synonym of fftolephorida! (which 
see). \\noEngraulida: See cut under nncAory. 
Engraulina (en-gra-li'nft), n. pi. [NL., < En- 
graulis + -ina.] In Gtin'ther's classification of 
fishes, the first group of Clupcida". They are char- 
acterized by having the mouth very wide and lateral; the 
Intermaxillary very small and firmly united to the maxil- 
lary, which is elongate, and scarcely protractile ; and the 
upper jaw projecting. The group Is the same as the fam- 
ily Engrawiduice or Stotephoridcf. 
Engraulis (en-gra'lis), . [NL., < Gr. iwpavXf, 
a small fish (also called tyicpaoljnAof, < l-)itpaoif, 
a mixing in, + x^of, x' f 1> = E. gall 1 , bile).] 
The typical and most extensive genus of clu- 
peoid fishes of the family Engraulidida;. The 
common anchovy, K. encrajtifholus, is the best-known 
species. The genus is also called Stolephorus. See an- 
chovy. 
engrave 1 (eu-grav'), v. t.; pret. engrared, pp. 
engraved or engraven, ppr. engraring. [For- 
merly also ingrave; < OF. engraver, F. engraver, 
engrave, < en- + graver, engrave : see en- 1 and 
grave 1 . The Gr. tytpaQetv, cut into, engrave, is 
related, if at all, only remotely: see grave 1 .] 
1. To cut in; make by incision; produce or 
form by incision on a hard surface. 
These were the words that were ingraccn upon her 
Tonihe. Coryat, Crudities, I. 5. 
To all these there be divers Witnesses, both 'Squires 
and Ladies, whose Names are engraven upon the Stone. 
HotceU, Letters, I. vL 9. 
"From Edith" was enrrrarrn on the blade. 
Tennyson, Aylraers Field. 
2. To imprint ; impress deeply ; infix. 
It will scarce seem possible that God should enirrarr 
principles in men's minds in words of uncertain significa- 
tion. Ladte. 
3. To cut or carve in sunken patterns ; incise 
with letters or figures, or with the lines repre- 
senting any object : applied especially to work 
on metal, but also to work on stone and other 
hard materials. 
So fond were the ancients of these costly and beautiful 
works that the Emperor Heliogahalus is recorded to have 
covered his shoes with engrarrd gems, Fairholt. 
