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ED'WAY, a river of South Wales, which runs into 
the Wye, four miles fouth-eaft of Bealth, in the county 
of Radnor. 
ED'WIN, [of eab, and pin, Sax. a happy conqueror.] 
A man’s name ; the name of two kings of England. 
ED'WITH, a river of England, in the county of Mon¬ 
mouth, which joins the Ulk, at its mouth. 
EECK'HOUT (Gerbrandt Vanden), a painter of great 
merit, born at Amfferdam in 1621. His father, a gold- 
frnith by trade, meant him for the banking bufinefs ; but 
his natural inclination was fo decidedly bent to painting, 
that he was placed as a pupil under Rembrandt. He 
adopted the ftyle of his mailer, and acquired great repu¬ 
tation in portraits, which he painted with admirable 
truth and expreffion. His touch was bold and firm, his 
management of the chiaro-fcuro excellent, and he fur- 
pa (Ted Rembrandt in the care with which he finiflied the 
extremities of his figures. Succefsful as he was in this 
branch, he preferred being employed in hiflory-painting, 
in which his coinpofitions arc ricli and well difpofed, his 
diftribution of light and lhade admirable, and his expref¬ 
fion ftrong and natural. Elis colouring, however, is ac¬ 
counted not equal to that of his mailer, though his back¬ 
grounds are clearer. He fhared his mailer’s defeats of 
incorreCtnefs in defign, want of grace, and negleCt of the 
coliume. The flownefs with which he worked kept him 
poor, notwithllanding his excellence, till he obtained the 
patronage of a burgo-malter, who gave him a penlion, 
and employed him on various fcripture hiltories, which 
were much admired. One of the bell is Chrill among 
the doctors, in the DulTeldorp collection. Another, of 
the infant Jefus in the arms of Simeon, is much efleemed. 
This painter died at Amlterdam in 1674, at an age when 
he was llill capable of improvement.— Antont Vanden 
Eeckhout, born at Brulfels in 1656, became eminent as 
a fruit and flower painter. 
EED, a town of Norway: twenty-four miles north- 
north-welt of Drontheim. 
EEDT, a town of Germany, in the archduchy of Auf- 
tria : fourteen miles eafl-fouth-eafl of Ens. 
To EEK, v. a. [eacan, ecan, ican, Sax. ca/t, Scott, eek, 
Erie.] To make bigger by the addition of another piece. 
To fupply any deficiency. See Eke. 
Hence endlefs penance for our fault I pay ; 
But that redoubled crime, with vengeance new, 
Thou biddeft me to eck. Spenfer. 
EEL,yi in ich hyology. See Mur^na. 
EEL-BACKED, adj. Applied to fuch horfes as have 
black lilts along their backs. 
EEL-FARES,/; A fry or brood of eels. 25 Hen. VIII. 
EEL-POUT, f. A kind of young eel. 
EEL-RIVER, a river of North America, with a large 
cove on the fouth lide of Chaleur bay, about three leagues 
from Maligafli. The cove abounds with falrnon, and great 
quantities of that fifh is taken annually by the inhabitants 
fettled on its bank. 
EEL-RIVER-INDIANS, a tribe of Indians who inha¬ 
bit the lands on Eel-River, a head branch of the Wabalh. 
They were formerly holtile ; but ceded fome land at the 
mouth of the river to the United States, at the treaty of 
Greenville, in 1795 ; when that government paid them a 
fum of money, and engaged to pay them in goods, to the 
value of 500 dollars annually for ever. 
EEL-SKIN, /. The Ikin of an eel.—When he’s drunk, 
you may thru(l your hand into him like an eel-Jkin , and flrip 
him inlide outwards. Overbury. 
EEL-STE AR, f. A forked inllrument with three or 
four jagged teeth, ufed for catching eels; which they 
ftrike into the mud at the bottom of the river, and if it 
ftrike againft any eels it never fails to bring them up. 
EEL'WYCK, a town of Norway: twenty miles well 
of Romfdal. 
EEM'BURG, or Emburg, a town of Utrecht, on the 
Ems: five miles north-north-well of Amersfort. 
E F E 
EEMS, a river of Holland, which runs Into the Ziiy- 
der fea, below Emburg, in the-date of Utrecht. 
E’EN, adv. Contracted from even. See Even. — Savs 
the fatyr, if you have a trick of blowing hot and cold out 
of the fame mouth, I have e'en done with jhm._ L’F./lrange. 
EER'SEL, a town of Brabant : fix miles fouth-well of 
Eyndhoven. 
EP-BE, a fife and fecure harbour, on the fouth fide of 
the illand of Mixaol, one of the Moluccas. Lat. 2. 12. S. 
It has feveral (mall piflurclque iHands on each fide its 
entrance ; the principal of which is called Crown Illand., 
on account of its fummit being crowned with a magnifi¬ 
cent evergreen wood. 
EFE'SC, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the province of 
Natolia : thirty-two miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Smyrna. 
EF'FABLE, adj. [rffabilis, Lat.] Exprefliv.e; utterable. 
To EFFA'CE, v. a. \_tffacer,Yr.'\ To dellroy any thing 
painted, or carved. To leave no longer legible or vifi- 
ble ; to blot out; to ftrike out.—Characters on dull, the 
firft: breath of wind effaces. Locke. 
Otway fail’d to polifti or refine, 
And fluent Shakefpeare fcarce effac'd a line. Pop:. 
To dellroy ; to wear away : 
Nor our admiflion (hall your realm difgrace. 
Nor length of time our gratitude efface. Drydcn. 
EFFE'CT,yi [ffeblus, Lat.] That which is produced 
by an operating caufe .—FffeEl is the fubftance produced, 
or Ample idea introduced into any fubjeCt, by the exert¬ 
ing of power. I.ocke .— : We fee the pernicious ffedls of lux¬ 
ury in the ancient Romans, who immediately found thein- 
felves poor as foon as this vice got footing among them. 
Addifon .—Confequence ; event.—No man, in effcEt, doth 
accompany with others, but he learneth, ere he is aware, 
fome gefture, or voice, or fafhion. Bacon .—To fay of a 
celebrated piece that there are faults in it, is, in effect , 
to fay that the author of it is a man. Addifon .—Purpofe ; 
meaning; general intent.—They fpake to her to that ef¬ 
fect. 2 Chron .—Confequence ; intended fuccefs; advan¬ 
tage.—Chrill is become of no ffebt unto you. Gal. v. 4.—. 
The inftitution has hitherto proved without cffcbl, and lias 
neither extinguiflied crimes, nor lelfened the numbers of 
criminals. Temple. —Completion; perfection: 
Semblant art lliall carve the fair ffebt, 
And full achievement of thy great defigns. Prior, 
Reality; not mere appearance: 
State and wealth, the bulinefs and the crowd, 
Seems at this diltance but a darker cloud ; 
And is to him, who rightly things elteems, 
No other in ffcEi than what it feems. Denham. 
[Tn the plural.] Goods; moveables.—The emperor 
knew that they could not convey away many of their ef¬ 
fects. Addifon. 
To EFFE'CTfgu. a. [ efficio, Lat.] To bring to pafs; to 
attempt with fuccefs; to achieve; to accomplilh as an 
agent: 
Being conful, T doubt not to effect 
All that you wifli. Ben Johnfon. 
To produce as a caufe.—The change made of that fyrup 
into a purple colour, was cffcElcd by the vinegar. Boyle. 
EFFECT'IBLE, adj. Performable ; practicable ; fea- 
fible.—That a pot full of allies will Hill contain as much 
water as it would without them, is not tffeclible upon the 
ftriCteft experiment. Broom. 
EFFEC'TION, f. in geometry, a conllruCtion, a pre- 
pofition; a problem or praxis, drawn from fome general 
propofition. 
EFFEC'TIVE, adj. Having the power to produce ef¬ 
fects ; efficacious; effectual : with of .— They are not ef- 
fcBive of anything, norleave no work behind them. Ba¬ 
con .— There is nothing in words, and fiiles, but fuitable- 
nefs, that makes them acceptable and effective. Glanville. 
• —Operative; 
