Part 595

Milton.

In each cheek appears a pretty dimple.

Shak.

Then draw we nearer day by day, Each to his brethren, all to God.

Keble.

The oak and the elm have each a distinct character.

Gilpin.

2. Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every. Shak.

I know each lane and every alley green.

Milton.

In short each man's happiness depends upon himself.

Sterne.

This use of each for every, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English. Fitzed. Hall.

Syn. -- See Every.

Each"where` (?), adv. Everywhere. [Obs.]

The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair.

Spenser.

Ead"ish (?), n. See Eddish.

Ea"ger (?), a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre, aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. &?; highest, extreme, Skr. a&?;ra point; fr. a root signifying to be sharp. Cf. Acrid, Edge.] 1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] "Like eager droppings into milk." Shak.

2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. [Obs.] "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." Shak.

3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes.

Shak.

How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!

Shak.

When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss.

Keble.

A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys.