escrow 
the fulfilment of some condition, when it is to 
be delivered to the grantee. Not until such deliv- 
ery does it take effect as a deed or binding contract, and 
then it ceases to be called an escroif. But the word deed 
is often applied in a loose way to the writing from the time 
of its execution, in anticipation of its becoming the deed 
of the party by ultimate delivery. 
The defendant asserted that he had executed an escrow, 
making his resignation null and void thereby. 
N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 429. 
2. The conditional execution and deposit of an 
instrument in such way. 3. The custody of a 
writing so deposited. 
escryt, [< ME. escrien, var. of ascrien, as- 
cryen: see ascry."] I. trans. 1. To call out. 
2. To descry. 
He could not escnj aboue 80. ships in all. 
Hakluyt't Voyages, I. 5%. 
II. intrans. To cry out. 
They beyng aferd escried and sayd veryly this is an 
empty vessell. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 168. 
escuage (es'ku-aj), n. [< OF. escuage, F. ecuage, 
< OF. escu, F.' ecu, a shield : see ecu and scu- 
tage.~\ In later feudal law, a commutation paid 
2004 
North American antelope and wapiti. The escutcheon is 
also a distinctive mark of some breeds of domestic cattle. 
Id) In cunch., the depression behind the beak of a bivalve 
mollusk which corresponds to the lunnle or that in front 
of the beak. (<) In entom., the scutellum, or small piece 
between the bases of the elytra, in a coleopterous or he- 
mipterous insect. Escutcheon of pretense, in her., a 
small escutcheon charged upon the main escutcheon, in- 
dicating the wearer's pretensions to some distinction, or 
to an estate, armorial bearings, etc., which are not his by 
strict right of descent. It is especially used to denote 
the marriage of the bearer to an heiress whose arms it 
bears. Also called inescutcheon. Compare impalement. 
False escutcheon, in entom., the postscutellum. 
escutcheoned (es-kuch'ond), a. Having a coat 
of arms or an ensign; marked with or as if 
with an escutcheon. 
For what, gay friend ! is this escutcheoned world, 
Which hangs out Death in one eternal night? 
Young, Night Thoughts, ii. 356. 
escutellate (e-skii'tel-at), a. [< L. e- priv. 
+ NL. scutellum : see scutellum, scutellate.] In 
entom., having no visible scutellum : applied to 
Coleoptera in which the scutellum of the meso- 
thorax is hidden under the elytra. Also exscu- 
tellate. 
by feudal tenants in lieu of military service; egef }J ' an(J ^ A Midd i e English form of ease. 
scutage. _ ege | [OF. -ese, later -ois, -ais = Sp. Pg. -es = It. 
-ese, < L. -ensis, forming adjectives from names 
of places, as Hupani-ensis, of Hispania, Spain, 
etc.] A suffix of Latin origin, added to names 
The most and best part that spake was for the remain- 
ing of escuage: but the generalest applause was upon 
them that would have taken it away. 
Sir T. Wilson, Note of Dec. 4, 1606. 
, which was the commutation for the personal of places (towns or countries), (o) properly, 
*- 1 ^ "~ : "- l '" *'"" * K ~ " to form adjectives meaning ' of or belonging to 
such a place, and hence (the same being used 
as nouns by omission of the appropriate noun) 
to signify (6) 'an inhabitant of such a place, 
or (c) the 'language' or 'dialect of such a 
place, as in Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Mi- 
esodic 
they occur is considered highly probable by most geolo- 
gists- but no very satisfactory explanation of the mode 
of their formation has yet been given." A. Oeikie (1885). 
Called in Scotland tome. 
The great elongated ridges of gravel called eskers, and 
the wide-spread deposits of similar material which are 
met with so abundantly, especially in the central parts of 
Ireland, have long been famous. J. Geikic, Ice Age, p. 374. 
Eskimo (es'ki-mo), . and o. [PI. prop. Eski- 
mos, but also like sing., in imitation of the F. 
pi. Esquimaux, pron. es-ke-mo' ; < Dan. Eski- 
mo, pi. Eskimoer; G. Esquimo, sing, and pi., 
based, like the obsolescent E. Esquimaux, pi. 
(> sing. Esquimau), on F. Esquimaux, pi., > Sp. 
Pg. Esquimales, etc. The name was orig. ap- 
plied by the Indians of Labrador to the Eski- 
mos of that region; Abenaki Eskimatsic, Ojiba 
Askimeg, are said to mean ' those who eat raw 
flesh.' The natives call themselves Innuit, the 
people.] I. n. One of a race inhabiting Green- 
land and parts of arctic America and Asia (on 
the Bering sea), on or near the coasts. They are 
generally short and stout, with broad faces, are naturally 
of a light-brown color, live by hunting and fishing, and 
dress in skins. Their dwellings are tents of skin in sum- 
mer and close huts in winter, usually partly underground, 
and often, for temporary use, made of snow and ice. Their 
affinities are uncertain, and some regard them as remains 
of a prehistoric coast race of Europe. The Eskimo lan- 
guage is polysynthetic, and has i been cultivated to some 
extent by missionaries. Also Esquimau. 
-Es- 
service of military tenants in war, having rather the ap- 
pearance of an indulgence than an imposition, might rea- 
sonably beJevied by the 
lanese, Veronese, Viennese, Berlinese, etc. Nouns 
with this suffix (being originally adjectives) remain un- 
escndero (es-ko-da'ro), n. [Sp., = E. esquire, 
q. v.] A shield-bearer; an esquire. 
His escuderos rode in front, 
His cavaliers behind. 
T. B. Aldrich, Knight of Aragon. 
escudo (es-ko'do), . [Sp. (= It. scudo = F. 
<fc, a coin), < L. scutum, a shield: see scutum, 
scudo, ecu.] A Spanish silver coin, in value 
equal to about 50 cents in United States money. 
Esculapian, a. and . See Esculapian. 
esculent (es'ku-lent), a. and n. [< L. esculentus, 
good to eat, eatable (cf. LL. escare, eat), < esca, 
food, for*edsca, < edere = ~E. eat.'] I. a. 1. Eat- 
able ; edible ; fit to be used for food : as, esculent 
plants; esculent fish. 
We must not ... be satisfied with dividing plants, as 
Dioscorides does, into aromatic, esculent, medicinal, and eSBHlplastiC (es-em-plas'tik), a. [s Gr. ef, C(f, 
vinous. Wheicell, Hist. Scientific Ideas, II. 115. ; ntO) + ^ neut. of eif (EV-), one (= E. same), 
2. Furnishing an edible product: as, the escu- 
lent swift (a bird, Collocalia csculenta, whose 
nests are eaten in soup). 
II. n. 1. Something that is eatable; that 
which is or may be used as food. Specifically 
2. In common use, an edible vegetable, espe- 
cially one that may be used as a condiment esep t a t e (e-sep'tat), a. [< L. e- priv. + sep- 
without cooking. turn, -partition: see septum.'] In lot. and zool, 
This cutting off the leaves in plants, where the rootjs without septa or partitions. 
and Nmnenius. Eskimo dog. See dog. 
(es'kin), n. [E. dial.] A pail or kit. 
' . Eng.] 
t esloynet, Obsolete forms of eloin. 
a esmalt, esmaylet, n. Same as amel. 
Esmia (es'mi-a), n. [NL.] 1 . A genus of gas- 
tropods: same as Aplysia. J. E. Gray, 1847, 
' MS. 2. In entom., a 
enteenth century. Nouns in -ese (which are much oftener r 
used in the plural than in the singular) are sometimes eBne n _ [AS. : see earn 1 ."] In Anglo-Saxon 
popularly regarded as plurals in -s, and give rise to singu- - 
one species, E. turbata of Brazil. Pascoe, 1860. 
ssne, n. [AS.: see earn 1 .'] In At 
hist., a hireling of servile condition. 
pop __ , ... 
lars like Chinee, Portuguee. With reference to language, 
this suffix is sometimes used humorously with the name 
of a person, as in Johiisone.se, Carlylese, etc., the language 
or style of Dr. Johnson, Carlyle, etc. In burgess the suf- . . 
fix, of earlier introduction, is shortened; in bourgeois, of esnecy (es ne-Sl), . [< ML. (esnecia (ainescta 
The esne or slave who works for hire. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., 37. 
recent introduction, it retains the French form. 
E. S. E. An abbreviation of east-southeast. 
esementt, A Middle English form of ease- 
men t. 
a-nescia, enecea, eyneia), < OF. ainsneece, ais- 
neesse, aainneesche, etc., mod. F. ainesse (ML. 
type 'antena(itia), OF. also ainsneage, aisneage, 
esneage, etc. (ML. antenagiuni), the right of the 
first-born, < OF. ainsne, F. atne, < ML. antena- 
. , .. lus, first-born, one born before: see ante-nati.'] 
;, skilful in molding or shaping: see i n Eng. law, the right of the eldest coparcener, 
plastic, emplastic.'] Molding, shaping, or fash- w hen an estate descends to daughters jointly 
ioning into one. for want of a male heir, to make the first choice 
It was instantly felt that the Imagination, the esemplas- in the division of the inheritance. Also spelled 
lie power, as Coleridge calls it, had produced a truer his- ajsnecy. 
tory . . . than the professed historian. A. Falconer. esQ _ f [< (J r . foo, older form of clou, adv., to 
within, within, < if, fie, prep., into, orig. prob. 
"hf. Cf. ev = L. in = E. in.'] An element in 
some words of Greek origin, meaning ' within.' 
eserine (es'e-rin), n. [< esere, a native name E_soces (es'o-sez), n.jil. 
from tne Calabar bean, Physostigma venenosum, 
assum ed by some authorities to be identical 
[NL., pi. of Esox.'} 
JOV^^.J \wu y *j-*~ f j ... J'" l. 7 f 
In Cuvier's system of classification, the second 
adipose 
family of Malacopterygii abdominales, without 
dorsal fin, with short intestine having 
the esculent, as in radish ; 
root the greater. Bacon, ft at. mst. 
esculetin (es-ku-le'tin), . Same as esculin. 
esculin, Eesculin (es'ku-lin), n. [< ^Esculus + 
-i2.] A crystalline bitter principle, difficultly wlth^hysostygmfnerTt"fo'rm7cciiorles"s bitter crys- no CBBca, and the edge of the upper jaw formed 
soluble in water and alcohol, which is found tals, which are an active poison ; applied to the conjunc- by the intermaxillary, or, when not thus formed, 
in the bark of the horse-chestnut tree, JEsculus tiva, it produces contraction of the pupil. ^ ne maxillary edentulous, and concealed in the 
Hippocastanum. esguardt (es-gard'), n. [Improp. < es- + guard, thickness of the lips. It included the pikes, Esocidce, 
escutcheon (es-kuch'on), n. [Formerly esco- formally after OF. esgard, respect, heed, re- an d a number of fishes of other families now known to lie 
cheon, escochion (rare), but in E. first in the gard (where the prefix is superfluous); perhaps little related to the type. . , . ., 
abbr. form, scutcheon, scutchion, scuchin, etc.,< suggested by escort.'] Guard; escort: as, "one esocid (es o-sid), n. A nsh ot the tamily aso- 
OF. escnsson, escucon, F. ecusson, an escutch- of our esguard," Beau, and Fl. cidaj; & lucioid. 
eon, < OF. escu, escut, F. ecu, < L. scutum, a esh (esh), n. [Teut. escft.] A dialectal form of Esocidse (e-sos i-de), n.pl. [NL.,C Esox (Esoc-) 
shield: see scute, scutum, scutcheon.'] 1. Inher., ash 1 . Brockett. [Prov. Eng.] + -*.] A family of haplomous physostomous 
the surface upon which are charged a per- Break me a bit o' the M A for his 'ead, lad, out o' the fence ! ? slies .' typified by the genus Esox. They have a 
son's armorial bearings, other than the crest, Tennyson, Northern Farmer, New Style, 
motto, supporters, etc., which are borne sepa- egiet a A Middle English form of easy. 
rately. This surface is usually shield-shaped, and shield esi i lc h t nrf() . A Middle English form of easily. 
ii'fo-nal), a. [< e- priv. + siphon 
+~-aZ.] Having no siphons : applied to num- 
mulitic or f oraminif erous shells when they were 
supposed to be minute fossil cephalopods. 
esiphonate (e-si'fo-nat), a. [< L. e- priv. + E. 
siphon + -ate 1 .'] Same as asiphonate. 
S """"A'-"!' 8 A 1 " ietime9 A i " 1 P r P erl >' called an escutcheon, eskar, esker (es'kar, -ker), . [Also, less prop., 
is often used as synonymous with escutcheon. But the ^"vJJIVo'/*'-' -'f n 11 
escutcheon of a woman is lozenge-shaped and should not oSlpnonai (Q-^l IO-nai^, . 
be styled a shield, and the sculptured escutcheons of the 
eighteenth century were commonly panels of fantastic 
form, surrounded by rococo scrollwork, and usually hav- 
ing a convex rounded surface. (See cartouche, 7.) The ,*t ._ -,_- _,, 
space within the outline of the escutcheon is called, for the esipnonate (6;S1 lo-nat), a. 
purposes of blazon, the field. (See fieM.) A shield used as 
nsues, typmeu uy me genus j^sv*. ney nave a 
long slender body, with long head, flattened snout, and 
mouth armed with numerous strong sharp teeth, some of 
which are movable; upper jaw not protrusile, its border 
formed by the maxillary bone; dorsal fin far back, op- 
posite the anal ; scales small ; and no pyloric cseca. The 
family is now restricted to the single genus Esox, the pikes. 
(See cuts under Esox, pike, and scavuheoraeoidT) In 
Bonaparte's and some other early systems it was equiv- 
alent to Cuvier's Esoces. Groups approximately or ex- 
actly corresponding to Esocidce have been named Esoces 
(Cuvler, 1817), Esocince (Swainson, 1839), Esocini (Bona- 
parte, 1841), and Esoxidea (Rafiuesque, 1815). Also called 
Lufiidte. 
The duke's private band, . . . displaying on their breasts 
broad silver escutcheons, on which were emblazoned the 
arms of the Gllzmans. Prescott. 
ing more or less resemblance to an escutcheon. 
Specifically (a) Naut., the panel on a ship's stern where 
her name is painted. (6) In carji. , a plate for protecting 
the keyhole of a door, or to whicb the handle is attached ; 
a scutcheon, (c) In mammal, a shield-like surface or 
area upon the rump, defined by the color or texture of the 
hair. It is conspicuous in many aninmls. especially of 
the deer and antelope kind, forming a large white or light 
area of somewhat circular form over the tail, as in the 
escar, eschar; < IT. eiscir* ridge.] In geol., a. esociform (e-sos'i-f6rm), . [< L. esox (esoc-), 
ridge of water-worn materials running across P'ke (see Esox), + forma, form.] Having the 
valleys and plains, along hillsides, and even over form of a pike ; pike-like. t m~*^ 
watersheds, and forming a very marked feature CSOCOld (es'o-koid), a. and n. [< Esox (Esoc-) 
in the topography of certain regions, especially + -"'] I. Of or relating to the Exocida;. 
Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, and parts of New II. " An esocid or pike. 
England. These ridges are of ten very narrow on the top, esoderm (es'o-derm), . [< Gr. CM, within, + 
having steep slopes, and may sometimes be followed for 
many miles. The word eskar was until recently iised only 
by Irish geologists, but it is now sometimes employed by 
writers in English on glacial geology, as the equivalent of 
the Swedish as. " That these ridges are in some way con- 
nected with the former glaciation of the regions where 
, jkin.] ' In entom., the delicate cutaneous 
layer forming the inner surface of the integu- 
ments, elytra, etc. Kirlitj. 
tsodic (e-sod'ik), a. [< Gr. ff, fif, into, -f <Moc, 
a way.] In physiol., conducting impressions 
