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encamped at the mount of god, Exod. xili. 5.—The 
French knew how to make war with the Englifli, by not 
putting things to the hazard of a battle, but wearing 
them by iong lieges of towns, and drong fortified encamp¬ 
ing s. Bacon. 
To ENCA'MP, v. a. To form an army into a regular 
camp ; to order to encamp.—The people were encamped 
again!! Gibbethon. Kings - « 1 
ENC AMP'MENT,/ The adt of encamping, orpitch- 
jng tents. A camp ; tents pitched in order. — The ene¬ 
mies ferved to improve them in their encampments- } wea¬ 
pons, or fomething elfe. Grew. 
When a genlral bids the martial train 
Spread their encampment o’er the fpacious plain, 
Thick riling tents a canvas city build. Gay. 
ENCAN'THIS., f. [from tv, and y.avQoi;, Gr. the angle 
of the eye.] An incifted tumour in the inner angle of 
the eye. 
ENCAR'DIUM, /. [from. tv, and y.a^ia, the heart.] 
In botany, the heart or pith of vegetables; a precious 
hone in the form of a heart. 
ENCAR'PI A, f. [Gr.] In architecture, flower-work or 
fruit-work on the corners of pillars. 
ENCATHIS'MA, f. [Gr.] A bath for the belly. 
ENCAU'MA, /. [Gr.] A burning in any part of the 
body; alfo an ulcer in the eye, with a filthy fcab. 
ENCAU'STIC, adj. [encaujlum, Lat. from tv, and v.caa, 
to burn.] Having the property of varnilh ; fo called be- 
caufe it is wrought with fire. 
ENCAU'STIC PAINTING.SeethearticlePAiNTiNG. 
To ENCA'VE, v. a. To hide as in a cave : 
Do but encave yourfelf, 
And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable (corns. 
That dwell in every region of his face. Skakefpeare. 
ENCEA'DA da BELA, a town of Africa, in the 
kingdom of Adel, on the coad of the Indian Sea : thirty 
miles fouth of Cape Guardafu. 
ENCE'INTE, f. [Fr.] In fortification, the whole in- 
clollire, circumference, or compals, of a fortified? place, 
whether built with done or brick, or only made of earth, 
and whether with or without baftions, &c. 
ENCEL'ADUS, in fabulous hiftory, a fon of Titan 
and Terra, the moll powerful of all the giants who con¬ 
spired againfi Jupiter. He was (truck with Jupiter’s 
thunders, and overwhelmed under niount (Etna. Some 
fuppofe that he is the fame as Typhon. According to 
the posts, the flames of (Etna proceeded from the breath 
cf Enceladus ; and as often as he turned his weary fide, 
the whole id‘and of Sicily felt the motion, and (hook from 
.its ve'ry foundations.. Virgil. 
ENCEPHA'LOCELE, f. [from tyy.tpa.\ov, the brain, 
and y.-nMi Gr. a tumour.] 'A rupture of the brain. 
ENCE'PHALUM,/. [from tv, within, and y.ttpa.\-/], Gr. 
the head.] The brain, containing whatever is within the 
feu 11 ; the medullary fubdance of vegetables. 
To ENCHA'FE, v.a. [efehauffer, Fr.] To enrage; to 
irritate ; ter provoke : 
The wind-fliak’d (urge, with high and monflrous main, 
Seems to cad water on the burning bear ; 
I never did like moleftation view 
On the enchafed flood. Skakefpeare. 
To ENCHA'IN, v. a. [ enchainer , Fr.] To fallen with 
a chain; to hold in chains; to bind ; to hold in bondage: 
What fliould I do? while here I was enchain'd. 
No glimpfe of godlike liberty remain’d. Dry den. 
To link together; to concatenate.—The one contracts 
and enchains his words, fpeaking preiflngly and fhort; 
the other delights in long-breathed accents. Holder. . 
Tb-ENCHA'NT, v. a. [enchanter , Fr.] To give effi¬ 
cacy to any thing by fongs of forcery : 
Thefe powerful drops thrice on the threfliold pour, 
Awd bathe with this' enchanted juice her door; 
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That door where no admittance now is found, 
But where my foul is ever hov’ring round. Granville. 
To fubdue by charms or fpells.—Arcadia vyas the charmed 
circle, where all his fpirits forever fliould be enchanted. 
Sidney ,—To delight in a high degree: 
Too dear I priz’d a fair enchanting face ; 
Beauty unchafte is beauty in difgrace. Pope. 
ENCHANT'ER, f. \_enchantcur, Fr.] A magitian ; a 
forcerer; one who pretends to the art of charms and 
fpells.—Such phafms, fuch apparitions, are excellencies 
which men applaud in themfelves, conjured, up by the 
magic of a ftrong imagination, and only feen within that 
circle in which the enchanter Hands. Decay of Pietf. 
Ardan, that black enchanter, whofe dire arts 
Enflav’d our knights, and broke our virgin’s hearts. 
Granville. 
ENCHANT'ER’s NIGHTSHADE,/ in botany. See 
ClRCiEA. 
ENCHANT'INGLY, aclv. With the force of enchant¬ 
ment. It is improperly ufed in a paflive fenfe in the 
following paflage.— He’s gentle ; never fchool’d, and yet 
learn’d; full of noble device; of all forts cnchantingly 
belov’d. Skakefpeare. 
ENCHAN 1 'MENT, f. \_enchantement, Fr.] Magical 
charms; fpells; incantation; forcery. — The Turks 
thought that temped was brought upon them by the 
charms and enchantments of the Periian magicians. Knolles. 
—Irrefidible influence ; overpowering delight.—Warmth 
of fancy will carry the loudefl and mod univerfal ap- 
plaufe, which holds the heart of a reader under the 
dronged enchantments. Pope. 
ENCHAN'TRESS, / [ enciiantcrefe,Yr.~\ Aforcerefs; 
a woman verfed in magical arts.—Fell banning hao-! en- 
chantrefs, hold thy tongue. Skakefpeare .—A woman whofe 
beauty or excellencies give irrefidible influence: 
From this enchantrefs all thefe ills are come ; 
You are not fafe till y'ou pronounce her doom. Dryden. 
Oft with the enchantrefs of his foul he talks, 
Sometimes in crowds didrefs’d. Thomfon. 
EN CH AR AX'IS,/. [from tv, and ya^^ccx, Gr. to 
fcarify.] A fcarifieation ; an engraving. 
To ENCHA'SE, v.a. \enchaffer, Fr.] To infix; to en- 
clofe in any other body fo as to be held fad, but not 
concealed.—Words, in their natural fituat'ion, Ihine like 
jewels enchafed in gold. Felton. 
Like polifli’d iv’ry, beauteous to behold ; 
Or Parian marble, when enchas'd in gold. Dryden. 
To adorn by being fixed upon it : 
What feO’fi thou there? king Henry’s diadem, 
Enchas'd with till the honours of the world ! Skakefpeare. 
To adorn by raifed or embofleJ work : 
When was old Sherwood’s head more quaintly curl’d. 
Or look’d the earth more green upon the world, 
Or nature’s cradle more enchas'd and purl’d ? Ben Jonfon. 
The art of cnchafing is pradfifed only on thin metals, as“ 
watch-cafes, cane-heads, and various toys. It is per¬ 
formed by driving out the metal, to form figures, frorn 
withinlide, fo as to Hand Out prominent from the plane 
of the metal.—To mark by incifion : 
They took their (words again, and each enchas’d 
Deep wounds in the (oft flefli of his drong foe. Fairfax. 
ENCHEA'SON,/. [ encheafon , old law French.] Caufe j 
occalion. Skinner, towel. Bailey. 
Certes, faid he, well mote I fliould to tell 
The fond encheafon that me hither led. Spenfer. 
ENCHELE'iE, anciently a town of Illyricum, where 
Cadmus was changed into a ferpent. 
EN'CHELIS, f. in zoology, a genus of worms belong¬ 
ing' to the order infuforia. It is an animalcula, invifible 
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