Part 859

Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom.

Landor.

E*van"id (?), a. [L. evanidus, fr. evanescere. See Evanesce.] Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [Obs.]

They are very transitory and evanid.

Barrow.

E*van"ish (?), v. i. [Pref. e- + vanish: cf. L. evanescere. See Evanesce, vanish.] To vanish.

Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm.

Burns.

E*van"ish*ment (?), n. A vanishing; disappearance. [R.] T. Jefferson.

E*vap"o*ra*ble (?), a. Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

E*vap"o*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating (?).] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.] 1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too minute to be visible.

2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in the process of translation.

To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way.

Bacon.

E*vap"o*rate, v. t. 1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.]

My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.

Sir. H. Wotton.

Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.

E*vap"o*rate (?), a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.

E*vap`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. évaporation.] 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

3. That which is evaporated; vapor.

4. (Steam Engine) See Vaporization.

E*vap"o*ra*tive (?), a. [L. evaporatius: cf. F. évaporatif.] Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

E*vap"o*ra`tor (?), n. An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.

E*vap`o*rom"e*ter (?), n. [L. evaporare to evaporate + -meter: cf. F. évapormètre.] (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.