ethylendiamine 
ethylendiamme(i'tli"i-lcii-(li'a-inin). . [<ethyi 
+ -enc + (//-- + nmiiif.) A powerfully poison- 
ous substance (CoH.j( N 1 lg}gH]O) formed by t lie 
putrefaction of llsh-flrsli. 
ethylene(uth'i-len), n. [< ethyl + -cue.] CoR t . 
A colorless poisonous gas having an unpleas- 
ant, suffocating smell. It burns with a bright lu- 
minous (lame, ami u lirii iiiixi'il with air explodes violently. 
It is one of the rniMit units of illuminating KM. Also 
called t-lh-'jt', 'In!//., <,l,ii,ii/l <t,t*, /Hi-nrlior.'l. <! ttuilrn.i, ,,, 
Iteavy cartmni"! 'iiinir^iru, Ethylene platlnochlorld, 
CgHji'tOlo, a substance pnpmdoj l>iliu.u platiuie chin- 
rid with alcohol and evaporating the solution in a vacuum. 
A very dilute solution of it heated on a sheet of glass or a 
porcelain plate yields a lustrous coating of platinum. 
ethylene-blue (eth'i-len-blo), n. A. substance 
similar to inclhylene-bliio, diethylauiline being 
used in place of dimethyluniline. 
ethylic (e-thil'ik), a. [< ethyl + -ic.] Belated 
to or containing the radical ethyl: as, ethylic 
alcohol. 
Et IncamatUS (et in-kar-na'tus). [So called 
from the first words: L. et, and; incarnatus, 
incarnate.] 1. In the Roman Catholic mass, a 
section of the Credo. 2. A musical setting of 
that section. 
etiolate (6'ti-o-lat), r. ; pret. and pp. etiolated, 
ppr. etiolating. [Formed, as if from a L. pp. 
in -atus, < F. etioler, blanch, < OF. estioler, be- 
come slender or puny (Roquefort); F. dial. 
(Norm.) refl. ifetieuler, grow into stalks or 
straw. < esteule, straw, stubble, F. eteule, stub- 
ble, \ L. xi: /i n In. straw: see stipule.] I. in- 
tnuis. To grow white from absence of the nor- 
mal amount of coloring matter, as the leaves 
or stalks of plants ; be whitened by exclusion 
of the light of the sun, as plants : sometimes, in 
pathology, said of persons. 
II. trans. To blanch ; whiten by exclusion of 
the sun's rays or by disease. 
Celery is In this manner blanched or etiolated. 
WheiceU, Bridgewater Treatises (Antrim, and Physics), xlii. 
for this poor 
Who could have any other feeling than pit 
human weed, this dwarfed and etiolated sot 
O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 60. 
= Syn. Blanch, etc. See whiten. 
Also etiolize. 
etiolation (e*ti-o-la'shon), n. [< etiolate + 
-ion.] 1. The becoming white through loss of 
natural coloring matter as a result of the ex- 
clusion of light or of disease. Specifically 2. 
In hort., the rendering of plants white, crisp, 
and tender by excluding the action of light from 
them, as celery for the table. Compare albin- 
ism. 
etiolin (e'tinti-Hn), . [< etiol(ate) + -in?.] A 
yellow modification of chlorophyl, formed by 
plants growing in darkness. 
etiolize (e'ti-o-liz), v. ; pret. and pp. etiolized, 
ppr. etioli:ing. [As etiol-ate + -ize.] Same as 
etiological, etiologically, etc. See atiological, 
etc. 
etiquette (et-i-kef), . [< F. Etiquette, 1., for- 
merly also e'tiquet, m.. a ticket, a label, hence 
(> Sp. Pg. etiqueta = It. etichetta), convention- 
al forms (of a court, of society, etc.). a mod. 
sense due to the use of tickets giving informa- 
tion or directions as to the observances to be 
followed on particular occasions. See ticket, the 
earlier E. form.] 1. A ticket or label, specifi- 
cally one attached to a specimen of natural his- 
tory. [Rare.] 2. Conventional requirement 
or custom in regard to social behavior or ob- 
SITVUIICC; prescriptive usage, especially in po- 
lite society or for ceremonial intercourse ; pro- 
priety of conduct as established in any class or 
community or for any occasion ; good manners ; 
polite behavior. 
Without hesitation kiss the slipper, or whatever else the 
etiquette of that court requires. CkatertirM. 
In strict eti'fiiftt,; the visitor should not, at first, suf- 
fer his hands to appear, when entering the room, or when 
"catcd. K. H'. Lam; Modern Egyptians, I. 255. 
Ktiiliiftlr, with all its littlenesses and niceties, is found- 
ed upon a central idea of right and WIMUU-. 
Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 279. 
A strangled titter, out of which there brake 
On all sides, clamouring etiquette to death, 
rnmeasured mirth. Tennyiaa, Princess, v. 
etna ('t'nii), w. [< Etna, It. Etna, < L. -7-.V,/,/, 
< Gr. Alrrr/, a volcano in Sicily; perhaps con- 
nected with Gr. alfctv, burn: see ether 1 .] A 
vessel used for heating water in the sick-room 
or at table, consisting of a cup or vase for tho 
water, with a fixed saucer surrounding it in 
which alcohol is burned. [U. S.] 
Etnean (et-ne'an), a. [< L. jEtiutus, < Gr. 
Airwioc, Etnean,' < Airvti Etna.] Pertaining 
2019 
to Etna, the celebrated volcanic mountain in 
Sii-ily : as, the Ktnean fires. Also spelled JEt- 
ii' <in. 
etoile (a-twol'), n. [F., < OF. estoile, < L. Stella, 
a star: see stellate, estoile.] 1. In her., same 
as estoile. 2. A name given to the star-shaped 
or many'lobed spots or figures in embroidery. 
Etonian (e-to'ni-an), a. and n. [< Eton + 
-ian.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Eton or Eton 
College in England. 
II. n. One who is or has been a pupil at 
Eton College, a famous educational establish- 
ment of England, at Eton in Buckingham- 
shire, opposite Windsor, founded in 1440 by 
Henry VI. 
etoupille (F. pron. a-t8-pely'), n. [F.,< etouper, 
stop with tow, oakum, etc. : see stop.] A 
quick match for firing explosives, made of three 
strands of cotton steeped in spirits mixed with 
mealed gunpowder. 
Et Resurrexit (et res-u-rek'sit). [So called 
from the first words: L. et, and; resurrexit, he 
rose again, 3d pers. sing. perf. ind. of resur- 
gere, rise again : see resurrection.] 1 . In the 
Roman Catholic mass, a section of the Credo. 
2. A musical setting of that section. 
Etrurian (e-tro'ri-an), a. and n. [< L. Etruria, 
Hetruria, the country of the Etrusci : see Etrus- 
can.] Same as Etruscan. 
Etruscan (e-trus'kan), a. and n. [< L. Etrus- 
cus, Etrurian (pi. Etrusci, the Etrurians), < 
Etruria, Etruria. Hence ult. Tuscan, q. v.] 
I. a. Pertaining or relating to Etruria, an an- 
cient country in central Italy, bordering on the 
part of the Mediterranean called the Tyrrhe- 
nian sea, between Latium and Liguria (includ- 
ing modern Tuscany), or to its inhabitants, and 
especially to their civilization and art. These, be- 
fore Hellenic influence was actually felt in Etruria, resem- 
bled in many ways those of primitive Greece. Compare 
Tuscan. Etruscan art, the art of ancient Etruria; an 
artistic development believed with probability to have 
grown up independently from the same root as the art of 
Greece, but far inferior in every way to Greek art, though 
in it- later stages influenced by it Etruscan masonry 
closely resembles the Greek in its progress from the mas- 
sive polygonal to admirable rectangular work in even 
courses; the arch and the vault were consistently em- 
ployed, and were passed on to become the characteristic 
feature of Koman architecture; while the Etruscan house 
of rectangular plan with central court was the prototype 
of the Roman house. (See Tuscan order, under Tuscan.) 
ettle 
The Etruscans were distinguished ethnologic ally from all 
neit-hlinrliig race*, and their affinities are unknown, though 
there were similar people inarm. M loin tia, Thrace, etc. 
They called .themselves Katrna, and the Oreeki called 
tln'in Tyrrhenian*, between which anil Ktruseans there Is 
probably a philological connection. See Tyrrhenian. 
2. The language of the Etruscans, which from 
its few remains appears to have been unlike 
any other known tongue, it was spoken i,\ many 
people in Italy ouUlde of Etruria, till gradually supersed- 
ed by Oscan and Latin ; but a form of it eoiitinued in use 
in Rha;tia(the Orisons and Tyrol) several centuries longer. 
Et rusco-Campanian (e - trus ' ko - kam - pa ' ni- 
aii), a. Pertaining to 
Etruria and Campania, 
of ancient Italy. Etrus- 
co-Campanlan pottery, the 
latest class of Etruscan pot- 
tery, made also In Campania, 
in the third century n. c. and 
later. The vases of this class 
are coated with a brilliant 
black varnish, present a great 
diversity of forms, and, like 
the older bucchero vases, affect 
shapes more appropriate to 
metal than to clay. All bear 
ornament in relief, from sim- 
Etruscan Art. Etruscan Sarcophagus in terra-cotta, from Chiusi : 
period of full development. Musco Egizio, Florence. 
The best works of Etruscan sculpture were its strongly 
colored terra-cotta statues, of life-size and larger, and its 
sarcophagi of terra-cotta bearing reclining figures on their 
lids, showing, however, but little anatomical truth, de- 
spite much research in details of dress and ornament. 
The native Etruscan Jewelry exhibits masslveness and 
intrinsic value, as in heavy and complicated chains, pen- 
dants, and the like, In preference to the delicacy and 
artistic refinement of the imported Greek and Pheni- 
cian examples found with the native productions in the 
tombs. See bulla,. Etruscan pottery, (a) The pot- 
tery of the ancient Etruscans, which may be roughly di- 
vided into four main classes : (1) the early cinerary urns, 
called Canow'c pases, with covers in the form of human 
heads (see Canopic); (2) the black, unglazed ware, with 
ornamental figures and designs, impressed or in low relief, 
called bucchero or butchfro nero vase* (see bucchero) ; (S) 
the painted vases imitated more or less closely from those 
of Greek manufacture; (4) the vases coated with a bril- 
liant black varnish, and bearing reliefs, called Etnaeo- 
Camvanian (which see). (6) An epithet erroneously ap- 
plied to Greek painted vases. This application, originat- 
ing In the eighteenth century, before the study of archseol- 
ogy had made much advance, is still in use among persons 
whose ideas about these subjects are obtained from books. 
Wedgwood had this use in mind when he named his works 
Ktruria.- Etruscan ware, a pottery made by a person 
named Dillwyn. at Swansea In Wales, about 1850, and 
decorated with flgnn-s, borders, etc., of classical design, 
usually iu Mark or red. This ware was known as DUltryri* 
Kiniifan trare, and these words were printed In black on 
the bottom of each piece. .Inritt. 
II. H. 1. An inhabitant of Etruria ; a mem- 
ber of the primitive race of ancient Etruria. 
pie ribs or flutings to medal- 
lions, groups of figures, etc. 
et seq. An abbreviation 
of the Latin et sequentia, 
or et sequentes, meaning 
'and what follows,' 'and the following': as, 
compare page 45 et seq. 
-ette. [See -ft 1 .] A French suffix, the femi- 
nine form of -et 1 (which see), retained in French 
words of recent introduction, as grixette, sil- 
liouette, etiquette, palette, sextette, coquette, etc. 
Some of these have older English forms in -et 1 , 
as ticket, pallet, or are recently so spelled, as 
sextet, octet, coquet, etc. 
ettent, n. [Also written ettin, eaton, etc.; < ME. 
eten, eotend, etc., < AS. eoten, a giant (only in 
the poem or "Beowulf"), = Icel.jdttoin = Dan. 
jette = Sw.jdtte, a giant.] A giant or goblin. 
Quen Dauid fagt gaine that ftin 
Has he nojt his staf for-xetin ; 
Vn-to the bataile he hit bare, 
M u,;t na kinge squorde do mate. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. 8.), p. 118. 
They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, 
but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from 
him. /,V.M/. and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, 1. 1. 
etter (et'er), n. A Scotch form of after 1 . 
ettercap (et'er-kap), n. A Scotch form of attcr- 
cop. 
A fiery ettercap, a fractious chiel, 
As hct as ginger, and as stleve as steel. 
Robertson of Struan. 
etter-pike (et'er-pik), n. [< Sc. etter, = E. 
after, poison, + pike, a fish.] Same as adder- 
pike. 
ettle 1 (et'l), v. ; pret. and pp. ettlcd, ppr. ettlina. 
[Sc., also written ettil, attte, attel, etc.; < Icel. 
cetla, etla, think, mean, suppose, intend, pur- 
pose, related to AS. eahtian, meditate, devise 
(=OS. ahton, meditate, devise, = OFries. acht- 
ja = D. achten = OHG. ahton, MHG. ahten, Q. 
achten, regard, esteem, = Dan. agte = Sw. altta, 
esteem, intend, observe, heed), connected with 
Goth, aha, understanding, ahma, soul, ahjan, 
think.] I. trans. 1. To aim; propose; intend; 
attempt; try. 
Tleraude In Anger ailed to sle 
Cryste thurgh his curstnes, as the clause tellus. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4304. 
I never ettled harm to thee. 
Quoted in C*iW Ballads, VI. 178. 
2. To expect; reckon: as, Fm ettling he'll be 
here the morn. 
I saye the syr Arthure es thyne enmye forever, 
And ettellen to bee overlynge of the empyre of Rome, 
That alle his ancestres aughte. bot rtere hymselfe. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 520. 
IL i n i m a-. 1. To take aim. 
Xixt scharp Mnesthens war and awysee, 
Vuto the heid has halit vp on hie 
Baith arrow and cue. etlaiul at the mark. 
Gavin Dovglat, tr. of Virgil, p. 144. 
2. To make attempt. 
If I but ettle at a sang, or speak, 
They dit their lugs [stop their earsj. 
Ramsay, Poems, II. 66. 
3. To direct one's course. 
The cherl grocching forth goth with the gode child, 
* euene to thempcrour thei atteleden sone. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 272. 
4. To aspire; be ambitious. 
Geordie will be to us what James Watt Is to the rttlinv 
town of Greenock, so we can do no less than drink pros- 
perity to his endeavors. Gait, The Provost, p. 237. 
[Obsolete in all uses except in Scotch.] 
