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Cofacs, and on the fonth by the Black Sea ; divided into 
two provinces, Ekaterinoflavfkoi and Taurida, This go¬ 
vernment contains the greateft part of that territory which 
was wrefted by the late emprefs from the Turks, and 
comprifes New Ruffia, the former government of Azoph, 
and Grim Tartary. 
EKATERINOSLAV'SKOI, a province of Ruffia, in 
the government of Ekaterinoflav, comprehending what 
has formerly been called Budziac Tartary , and the Ukraine, 
now a part of the government of Ekaterinoflav. 
EKE, adv. [eac, Sax. ook, Dut.] Alfo; likewise; be- 
fide ; moreover: 
If any firerigth we have, it is to ill ; 
But all tire good is God’s, both power and ehe will .^Spcnfer. 
To EKE, V: a. [eacan, Sax.] To increafe : 
The littl^ ftrength that I have, I would it were with you. 
■—And mine to eke out her’s. - Shakefpcare. 
To fupply; to fill up deficiencies: 
Your ornaments hung all, 
On fome parch’d dog-hole ek'd with ends of wall. Pope. 
To protraft; to lengthen: 
I fpeak too long ; but ’tis to piece the time, 
To eke it, and to draw it out in length, 
To flay you from election. Shakefpcare. 
To fpin out by ufelefs additions. [In this fenfe it feents 
borrowed from the life of our old poets, who put eke into 
their lines when they wanted a fyllable.]—Eufden ekes 
out Blackmore’s endlefs line. Pope. 
EKEBER'GIA, f. in botany, a genus of the clafs de- 
candria, order monogyrya, (monadelphia, Ruz.) natural 
order of trihilatae, (melice, JuJf.) The generic charac¬ 
ters are—Calyx : perianthium one-l&afed, bell-fluped, 
tomentofe, four-parted ; divifions ovate, obtufe. Co¬ 
rolla : petals four, oblong, obtufe, tomentofe on the out- 
iide, a little longer than the calyx ; nedfary, a ring fur¬ 
rounding the bafe of the germ. Stamina: filaments ten, 
very fnort, pubefeent ; antherae ovate, acute, upright. 
Riftillum: germ fuperior ; ftyle cyiindric, very (hort; 
itigma capitate. Pericarpium : a globular berry. Seeds : 
five, oblong .—EJfential Character. Calyx, four-parted ; 
petals, four; neftary, like a garland furrounding the 
germ ; berry containing five oblong feeds. 
Ekebergia capenfis, a finglc fpecies ; it is a tree, with 
abruptly or unequally pinnate leaves, the common pe¬ 
tiole flatted ; the flowers panicled and axillary. 
EKEL'SBEKE, a’town of France, in the department 
of the North, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift 
of Bergues: three leagues fouth of Dunkirk. 
EKE'NAS, a fea-port town of Sweden, in the province 
of Nyland, on the north coaft of the Gulf of Finland ; 
the harbour is not good: fifty miles fouth-eaft of Abo. 
EKER'DER, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia : fixteen miles eaft of Ifbarteh. 
EKE'SIO, a town of Sweden, in the province of Sma- 
iand : lixty miles north-weft of Calmar. 
E'KIE, a town of Afia, in Thibet: fifty-five miles 
fouth of Tofon Hotun. 
EK'KI TEK'KI, a town,of Africa, in the country of 
Commendo. 
EK'MlN. See Achmim. 
EK'RAD, a town of Egypt: ten miles fouth-eaft of 
Monfalout. 
E'KREBEL, the name of a place faid to be fituated 
near Chufi, upon the brook Mochmuz ; where, in the 
days of j udith,' part of the combined armies of the Edom¬ 
ites and Ammonites encamped. Judith, vii. 18. 
E-'KRON, [Heb. barrennefs.] A province of the land 
of the Philiftines, and one of the five lordfhips of that 
nation; JoJh. xiii. 3. alfo the name of its principal city. 
We find, by comparing Judges, i. 18. Joftnia, xv. 43. and 
xix,43. that this province, together with its towns and, 
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villages, were conquered by, and reckoned with, the tribe 
of Judah, and the city of Ekron alfigned to the tribe of 
Dan. Yet, notwithftanding, in the days of Samuel, we 
again find it in the hands of the Philiftines, and foon af¬ 
terwards again ceded to the Ifraelites, 1 Sam. vii. 1Here 
the ark of God, taken from the Ifraelites, was brought 
previous to its departure for lfrael ; and here alfo,was 
the oracle of Baal-zebub, to which Ahaziah king of lfrael 
fent to enquire concerning his recovery. 2 Kings, i. In 
the valley of Ekron the children of lfrael and the men of 
Judah tdok up arms, and purified the Philiftines to the 
gates of the city. 
E'KRONITE, a native or an inhabitant of Ekron. 
E'KSAS, a town of Egypt: twenty-one miles fouth 
of Cairo. 
E'KSENIDE, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia": eighty-four miles fouth of Degnizlu. 
Lat. 36. 27. N. Ion. 46, 45. E. Ferro. 
EL-A'RISH, a town of Syria, on the coaft of the Me¬ 
diterranean, Fituated about two miles from the fea It 
was taken by the French army under Bonaparte, in 1799, 
who gave orders for it to be deftroyed ; and it is now in 
ruins. Dr. Wittman, who vifited this place in 1801, ob- 
ferved that the French had alfo cut down nearly the whole 
plantation of date-trees, which at once ornamented and 
enriched the fpot, and produced food to the inhabitants. 
The Turkifh Ihips of war, with an army deftined for 
Egypt, were anchored off the port. 
EL-BETH'EL, [Heb. the God of Bethel.] A name 
given by the patriarch Jacob to an altar ereiSted by him 
in Bethel, on his fecond vifit to that place. Gen. xxxv. 7. 
EL-ELO'HE-ISRAEL, [Heb. God the God of lfrael.] 
The name of an altar erefted by the patriarch Jacob, at 
liis firit lettlement in Canaan. Gen. xxxiii. 20. 
EL-PA'RAN, or plain of Paran, fituated in Arabia 
Petrasa, near the wildernefs of Paran. Gen. xiv. 6 . 
E'LA CAL'LI,/! in botany. See Euphorbia. 
EL'ABACH, a river of Germany, which runs into the 
Elbe, near Konigftein, in the marggraviate of Meiffen. 
Fo ELA'BORATE, », «. [elaboro, L at.] To produce 
with labour.—They in full joy elaborates ligh. Young .—. 
To heighten and improve by fucceftive endeavours or 
operations.—The fap is diverlified, and [Hill more elabo¬ 
rated and exalted, as it circulates through the veftels of 
the plant. Arbuthnct. 
ELA'BORATE, adj. [ elaboratus , Lat,] Finished with 
great diligence ; performed with great labour.—Forma¬ 
lities of extraordinary zeal and piety are never more 
ftudied and eiabprale than when politicians moft agitate 
defperate defigns. King Charles. 
ELA'BORATELY, adv. Laborioufly; diligently; with 
great ftudy or labour.—Some coloured powders, which 
painters ufe, may have their colours a little changed by 
being very elaborately and finely ground. Newton. 
ELABORA'TION,/! Improvement by fucceftive ope¬ 
rations.—To what purpofe is there fucli an apparatus of 
veftels for the elaboration of the fperm and eggs; fuch a 
tedious procefs of generation and nutrition f Ray. 
ELABU'GA, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Viatka, on the Bielaia: 136 miles fouth of Viatka. 
To ELA'CERATE, v. a. \_claccrare, Lat.] To tear in 
pieces. Bailey. 
EL/EACH'NUS BURM. See Elveacnus. 
EL^EAG'NUS, f. [sAaiayvoc of Theophraftus; from 
the olive, and uyvo<;, chafte ; or a ftmib fo called 
from its fuppofed quality of preferving chaftity.] The 
Oleaster ; in botany,"a genius of the clafs tetrandria, 
order monogynia, natural order elteagnj, JuJf. The gene¬ 
ric charaibers are—Calyx : perianthium one-leafed, four- 
cleft, fuperior, ftraight, bell-form, outwardly fcabrous, 
inwardly coloured, deciduous. Corolla: none. Stamk 
na : filaments four, very ftiort, inferted into the calyx be¬ 
low the divifions; antherae oblong, incumbent. PiftiL 
lum : germ roundifli, inferior; ftyle Ample, a little 
