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<hw><hw>Dys*u"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dys"u*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dysuria</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ urine: cf. F. <ets>dysurie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Difficult or painful discharge of urine.</def>

<h1>Dysuric</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dys*u"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>dysurique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury.</def>

<h1>Dzeren, Dzeron</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw><hw>Dze"ren</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dze"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Chinese yellow antelope (<spn>Procapra gutturosa</spn>), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.</def>

<h1>Dziggetai</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Dzig"ge*tai</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (<spn>Asinus hemionus</spn>).</def>

<note>&hand; The name is sometimes applied also to the koulan or onager. See <er>Koulan</er>.</note>

<h1>E</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>E</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fifth letter of the English alphabet</def>. <note>It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph\'d2nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels <i>i</i>, <i>a</i>, and <i>o</i>, as illustrated by to f<i>a</i>ll, to f<i>e</i>ll; m<i>a</i>n, pl. m<i>e</i>n; dr<i>i</i>nk, dr<i>a</i>nk, dr<i>e</i>nch; d<i>i</i>nt, d<i>e</i>nt; d<i>oo</i>m, d<i>ee</i>m; g<i>oo</i>se, pl. g<i>ee</i>se; b<i>ee</i>f, OF. b<i>oe</i>f, L. b<i>o</i>s; and E. ch<i>ee</i>r, OF. ch<i>ie</i>re, LL. <i>ca</i>ra.</note>

<note>The letter <i>e</i> has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in <i>e</i>ve, m<i>e</i>, and the short, as in <i>e</i>nd, b<i>e</i>st. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in <i>m\'bene</i>, as in <i>c\'bene</i>, <i>m<?/te</i>, which without the final <i>e</i> would be pronounced <i>m<?/n</i>, <i>c<?/n</i>, <i>m<?/t</i>. After <i>c</i> and <i>g</i>, the final <i>e</i> indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as <i>s</i> and <i>j</i>; respectively, as in <i>lace</i>, <i>rage</i>.</note>

See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 74-97.

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E&flat; (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.</def>

<h1>E-</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>E-</hw>. <def>A Latin prefix meaning <i>out</i>, <i>out of</i>, <i>from</i>; also, <i>without</i>. See <er>Ex-</er>.</def>

<h1>Each</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Each</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. &or; a. pron.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>eche</ets>, <ets>\'91lc</ets>, <ets>elk</ets>, <ets>ilk</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91lc</ets>; <ets>\'be</ets> always + <ets>gel\'c6c</ets> like; akin to OD. <ets>ieg<?/lik</ets>, OHG. <ets><?/ogil\'c6th</ets>, MHG. <ets>iegel\'c6ch</ets>. <?/<?/<?/<?/. See 3d <er>Aye</er>, <er>Like</er>, and cf. <er>Either</er>, <er>Every</er>, <er>Ilk</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; <as>as, <ex>each</ex> of you or <ex>each</ex> one of you</as>.</def> "<i>Each</i> of the combatants."

<i>Fielding.</i>

<note>&hand; To <i>each</i> corresponds <i>other</i>. "Let <i>each</i> esteem <i>other</i> better than himself." <i>Each other</i>, used elliptically for <i>each the other</i>. It is our duty to assist <i>each other</i>; that is, it is our duty, <i>each</i> to assist the <i>other</i>, <i>each</i> being in the nominative and <i>other</i> in the objective case.</note>

<blockquote>It is a bad thing that men should hate <b>each</b> other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let <b>each</b> His adamantine coat gird well. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In <b>each</b> cheek appears a pretty dimple. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Then draw we nearer day by day, <b>Each</b> to his brethren, all to God. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The oak and the elm have <b>each</b> a distinct character. <i>Gilpin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with <i>every</i>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>I know <b>each</b> lane and every alley green. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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