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2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]

Em*pugn" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Impugn.

Em*pur"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling (?).] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.

Em*puse" (?), n. [LL. empusa, Gr. &?;.] A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Em*puz"zle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

||Em`py*e"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; to suppurate; &?; in + &?; pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.

The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.

||Em`py*e"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; suppuration.] (Med.) An eruption of pustules.

Em*pyr"e*al (?), a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. &?;, &?;, in fire, fiery; &?; in + &?; fire. See In, and Fire.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere.

Pope.

Empyreal air, oxygen gas.

Em*pyr"e*al, n. Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.

Em`py*re"an (?; 277), n. [See Empyreal.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.

The empyrean rung With hallelujahs.

Milton.

Em`py*re"an, a. Empyreal. Akenside.

||Em`py*reu"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a live coal covered with ashes, fr. &?; to set on fire, fr. &?;: cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

{ Em`py*reu*mat"ic (?), Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.

Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

Em`py*reu"ma*tize (?), v. t. To render empyreumatic. [R.]

Em*pyr"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. &?; in fire. See Empyreal.] Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.

||Em"py*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; in + &?; to burn.] A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Em"rods (?), n. pl. See Emerods. [Obs.]

E"mu (?), n. [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.] (Zoöl.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ-Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]

The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.

Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.

Em"u*la*ble (?), a. [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.] Capable of being emulated. [R.]