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En*cash"ment (?), n. (Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

En*cau"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; mark caused by burning, fr. &?;. See Encaustic.] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

En*caus"tic (?), a. [L. encausticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to burn in; &?; in + &?; to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. -- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.

En*caus"tic, n. [L. encaustica, Gr. &?; (sc. &?;): cf. F. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.] The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.

En*cave" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.] To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.

-ence (?). [F. -ence, L. -entia.] A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See - ance.

||En`ceinte" (?), n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.] 1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.

S. W. Williams.

||En`ceinte", a. [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.] Pregnant; with child.

||En*ce"ni*a (?), n. pl. [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr. &?; a feast of dedication; &?; in + &?; new.] A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

En*cense" (?), v. t. & i. [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.] To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En`ce*phal"ic (?), a. [See Encephalon.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

En*ceph`a*li"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic (#), a.

En*ceph"a*lo*cele (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + kh`lh tumor.] (Med.) Hernia of the brain.

En*ceph"a*loid (?), a. [Gr. 'egke`falos + -oid.] Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.

Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

En*ceph"a*loid, n. An encephaloid cancer.

En*ceph`a*lol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -logy.] The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

En*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + pa`schein, paqei^n, to suffer.] (Med.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

En*ceph"a*los (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'egke`falos; 'en in + kefalh` head.] (Anat.) The encephalon.

In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age.

Sir W. Hamilton.

En*ceph`a*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + &?; a cutting.] (Surg.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.

En*ceph"a*lous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.