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2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] Young.

3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.

4. (Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.

Ef*fuse", n. Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.

Ef*fuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effusing.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.]

With gushing blood effused.

Milton.

Ef*fuse", v. i. To emanate; to issue. Thomson.

Ef*fu"sion (?), n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.] 1. The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

To save the effusion of my people's blood.

Dryden.

2. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.

Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow.

Eikon Basilike.

The light effusions of a heedless boy.

Byron.

3. (Pathol.) (a) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface. (b) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Ef*fu"sive (?), a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope.

Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.

-- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

Ef"reet (?), n. See Afrit.

Eft (?), n. [AS. efete lizard. See Newt.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European lizard of the genus Seps. (b) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).

Eft, adv. [AS. eft, æft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.] Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.]

I wold never eft comen into the snare.

Spenser.

{ Eft*soon" (?), Eft*soons" (?), } adv. [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s&?;na soon. See Eft, and Soon.] Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic]

And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone.

Chaucer.