Part 645

Bp. Hall.

His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected.

Milton.

E*gre"gious*ly (?), adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

E*gre"gious*ness (?; 277), n. The state of being egregious.

Eg"re*moin (?), n. [See Agrimony.] Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [Obs.] Chaucer.

E"gress (?), n. [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.] 1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

Embarred from all egress and regress.

Holland.

Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress.

Milton.

2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

E*gress" (?), v. i. To go out; to depart; to leave.

E*gres"sion (?), n. [L. egressio.] The act of going; egress. [R.] B. Jonson.

E*gress"or (?), n. One who goes out. [R.]

E"gret (?), n. [See Aigret, Heron.] 1. (Zoöl.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, or Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).

A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage.

G. W. Cable.

2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

4. (Zoöl.) A kind of ape.

E*grette" (?), n. [See Aigrette.] Same as Egret, n., 2.

Eg"ri*mo*ny (?), [Corrupted fr. agrimony.] (Bot.) The herb agrimony. [Obs.]

Eg"ri*mo*ny, n. [L. aegrimonia.] Sorrow. [Obs.]

E"gri*ot (?), n. [F. aigrette, griotte, formerly agriote; cf. aigre sour.] A kind of sour cherry. Bacon.

E"gri*tude (?), n. [L. aegritudo, fr. aeger sick.] Sickness; ailment; sorrow. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

E*gyp"tian (?), a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; (L. Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. égyptien. Cf. Gypsy.] Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

Egyptian bean. (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under Bean, 1. -- Egyptian cross. See Illust. (No. 6) of Cross. -- Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (Acacia vera). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.