Part 3559

<blockquote>In short <b>each</b> man's happiness depends upon himself. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This use of <i>each</i> for <i>every</i>, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English.</note>

<i>Fitzed. Hall.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Every</er>.</syn>

<h1>Eachwhere</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Each"where`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Everywhere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The sky <b>eachwhere</b> did show full bright and fair. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eadish</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ead"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Eddish</er>.</def>

<h1>Eager</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>egre</ets> sharp, sour, eager, OF. <ets>agre</ets>, <ets>aigre</ets>, F. <ets>aigre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>acer</ets> sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. <?/ highest, extreme, Skr. <ets>a<?/ra</ets> point; fr. a root signifying <ets>to be sharp</ets>. Cf. <er>Acrid</er>, <er>Edge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Sharp; sour; acid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Like <i>eager</i> droppings into milk."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A nipping and an <i>eager</i> air." "<i>Eager</i> words."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; <as>as, the hounds were <ex>eager</ex> in the chase</as>.</def>

<blockquote>And gazed for tidings in my <b>eager</b> eyes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How <b>eagerly</b> ye follow my disgraces! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When to her <b>eager</b> lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A crowd of <b>eager</b> and curious schoolboys. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Conceit and grief an <b>eager</b> combat fight. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Gold will be sometimes so <b>eager</b>, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent; intense; impassioned; zealous; forward.</syn> <usage>See <er>Earnest</er>. -- <er>Eager</er>, <er>Earnest</er>. <i>Eager</i> marks an excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is <i>eager</i> for a plaything, a hungry man is <i>eager</i> for food, a covetous man is <i>eager</i> for gain. Eagerness is liable to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the contrary. <i>Earnest</i> denotes a permanent state of mind, feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good sense; <as>as, a preacher is <ex>earnest</ex> in his appeals to the conscience; an agent is <ex>earnest</ex> in his solicitations</as>.</usage>

<h1>Eager</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"ger</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Eagre</er>.</def>

<h1>Eagerly</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"ger*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an eager manner.</def>