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covering reft; fometimes called the drip , becatife it pfo- 
jefls a little to throw the water off. 
ENTA'DA, f. in botany. See Mimosa. 
ENTA'lL.yi \_feudum talliatum, from the Fr. entaille , 
cut, from tailler, to cut.] The eftate entailed or fettled, 
with regard to the rule of its defcent. The rule of defcent 
fettled for any eftate. Engraver’s work; inlay. Obfolete: 
Well it appeared to have been of old, 
A work of rich entail, and curious mold, 
Woven with anticks and wild imagery. Spenfer. 
To ENTA'IL, v. a. [ entailler, Fr. from tailler , to cut.] 
To fettle the defcent of any eftate, fo that it cannot be by 
any fubfequent poffeffor bequeathed at pleafure : 
Had Richard unconftrain’d refign’d the throne, 
A king can give no more than is his own : 
The title flood entail'd , had Richard had a fon. Dry den. 
To fix unalienably upon any perfon or thing.—None ever 
had a privilegeof infallibility entailed to all he faid. Digby. 
•—The intemperate and unjuft tranfmit their bodily infir¬ 
mities and difeafes to their children, and entail a fecret 
curfe upon their eftates. Tillotfon. —To cut. Obfolete. In 
the following paffage it is neuter: 
The mortal fteel, difpiteoufly entail'd, 
Deep in their flefti, quite through the iron walls 
That a large purple ftream adown their giambeaux falls. 
Spenfer. 
To carve for ornament: 
All bar’d with golden bendes, which were entayl'd 
With curious antickes, and full fayre aumayld. Spenfer. 
To ENTA'ME, v. a. To tame; to fubjugate; to 
fubdue : 
’Tis not your inky brows, your black filk hair. 
Your bugle eyeballs, and your cheek of cream, 
That can entame my fpirits to your worfhip. ShakeJ'peare. 
To ENTAN'GLE, v. a. [A word of uncertain etymo¬ 
logy-] To inwrap or infnare with fomething not eafily 
extricable, as a net; or fomething adhefive, as briars. To 
lofe in multiplied involutions; as in a labyrinth. To 
twift, or confufe in fuch a manner as that a feparation can¬ 
not eafily be made; to make an entangled knot. To involve 
in difficulties ; to embarrafs ; to perplex.—He knew not 
how to wreftle with defperate contingencies, and fo ab¬ 
horred to be entangled in fuch. Clarendon. 
Now all labour, 
Marrs what it does, yea, very force entangles 
Itfelf with ftrength. Shakefpcare. 
To puzzle; to bewilder.—I fuppofe a great part of the 
difficulties that perplex men’s thoughts, and entangle their 
linderftandings, would be eafily refolved. Locke .—To en- 
fnare by captious queftions or artful talk.—The pharifees 
took council how they might entangle him in his talk. 
Matt. xxii. 15.—To diftraft with variety of cares.—No 
man that warreth entangletk himfelf with the affairs of this 
life. 2 Tim. ii. 4. — To multiply the intricacies or diffi¬ 
culties of a work. 
ENTAN'GLEMENT,/! Involution of any thing in¬ 
tricate or adhefive. Perplexity ; puzzle.—The mod im¬ 
proved fpirits are frequently caught in the entanglements of 
a tenacious imagination. Glanville. 
ENTAN'GLER, f. One that entangles. 
ENTA'TICA,y; [from efletvu, Gr. to drain.] Provo¬ 
catives; medicines which create lull. 
ENTELE'CHIA, f. [Gr.] A word ufed by Ariftotle 
to exprefs the human mind. 
ENTEL'LUS, a famous athlete among the friends of 
^Eneas. He was intimate with Eryx, and entered the 
lifts againft Dares, in the funeral games of Anchifes, in 
Sicily. Virgil. 
To E'NTER, v. a. [ entrer , Fr.] To go or come into 
any place. 
ENT 
I with the multitude of my redeem’d, 
Shall enter heav’n long abfent. Milton. 
To initiate inabufinefs, method, or fociety.—The eldeft 
being thus enter'd, and then made the fafliion, it would be 
impoffible to hinder them. Locke.— To introduce or admit 
into any counfel: 
They of Rome are enter'd in our counfels, 
And know how we proceed. Shakefpcare. 
To fet down in writing : 
Mr. Phang, have you enter'd the a£lion > 
—It is enter'd. Shakefpcare, 
To E'NTER, v.n. To come in; to go in.—Be not 
flothful to go and to enter to poflcfs the land. Judges. —- 
To penetrate mentally ; to make intellectual entrance. 
—He is particularly pleafed with Livy for his manner of 
telling a ftory, and with Salluft for his entering into eternal 
principles of adlion. Addifon. —To engage in.—The 
French king hath often entered, on feveral expenftve pro¬ 
jects, on purpofe to diffipate wealth. Addifon. —To be 
initiated in. — As foon as they once enter'd into a ftate of 
pleafure, politcnefs, and magnificence, they fell into a 
thonfand violences, confpiracies, and divifions. Addifon. 
O pity and lhame, that thofe who to live well 
Enter'd fo fair, ftiould turn afide 1 Milton. 
ENTERDE'AL,/. \_entre and deal.~] Reciprocal tranfac. 
tions. Obfolete .- 
To learn the enterdeal of princes ftrange, 
To mark th’ intent of counfels, and the change 
Of ftates. Hubberd's Tale. 
ENTEREN'CHYTA,/. [from e*t the bowels, and 
tyx va ’ Gr. to infufe into.] An inftrument for adminifter. 
ing elyfters. 
EN'TERING, f. Entrance ; paffage into a place.— 
It is laid wafle, lo that there is no houfe, no entering in. 
lfaiah. 
ENTERI'TIS, f. [from imga, Gr. the bowels.] An 
inflammation of the bowels. 
To ENTERLA'CE, v. a. \_entrelaJfer,Yr.~\ To inter¬ 
mix ; to interweave.—This lady walked outright, ’till 
we might fee her enter into a fine clofe arbour: it was of 
trees, whofe branches fo lovingly enterlaced one another, 
that it could refill the ftrongeft violenceof the fight. Sidney. 
ENTEROCE'LE, J. [from tvri^oc, the bowels, and 
Gr. a tumour.] An inteftinal hernia. 
ENTEROEPIPLOCE'LE, f. [from trrs ? cc, the bow¬ 
els, t'xiTtXoot, the omentum, and n.r>M, Gr. a rupture.] A 
rupture of the omentum and the inteftines, in which they 
protrude themfelves through the integuments of the belly. 
ENTEROHYDROCE'LE,y] [from errc^a, the bowels, 
and vfyoxnhn, Gr. a dropfy of the fcrotum.] A dropfy of 
the fcrotum, with a defcent of the inteftine. 
ENTERO'LOGY, f. [e^te^oii and \oy<>$, Gr.] The 
anatomical account of the bowels and internal parts. 
ENTEROM'PHALOS, f. [from Evrsga, the inteftines, 
and ofAtya, Ao;, Gr. the navel.] A rupture of the inteftines 
at the navel. 
EN'TERON,y. [from eeto;, Gr. within.] An inteftine. 
ENTEROSCHEOCE'LE, f. [from sm ? a, the intef¬ 
tines, and oo-^eokjjAd, Gr. a rupture of the'fcrotum.] A 
rupture of the inteftines into the fcrotum. 
ENTERPAR'LANCE, /. [entre and parler, Fr.] Par¬ 
ley ; mutual talk ; conference. — During the enterparlance 
the Scots difcharged againft the Englifh, not without 
breach of the laws of the field. Hayward. 
ENTERPLE'ADER, in law. See Interpleader. 
EN'TERPRISE,^ \entreprife , Fr.] An undertaking 
of hazard ; an arduous attempt.—Now is the time to 
execute mine enterprfes to the deftrutlion of the enemies. 
Judith xiii. j. 
The day approach’d, when fortune (hould decide 
The important enterprife , and give the bride. Dryden. 
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