Part 3582

<h1>Eblis</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>iblis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Moham. Myth.)</fld> <def>The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Eblees</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Ebon</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of ebony.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.</def>

<blockquote>Night, sable goddess! from her <b>ebon</b> throne. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ebon</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ebony.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> "Framed of <i>ebon</i> and ivory."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Ebonist</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who works in ebony.</def>

<h1>Ebonite</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.</def>

<h1>Ebonize</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ebonized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ebonizing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; <as>as, to <ex>ebonize</ex> wood</as>.</def>

<h1>Ebony</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ebonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>\'82b\'8ane</ets>, L. <ets>ebenus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. <ets>hobn\'c6m</ets>, pl. Cf. <er>Ebon</er>.]</ety> <def>A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.</def>

<note>&hand; The finest black ebony is the heartwood of <spn>Diospyros reticulata</spn>, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (<spn>D. Ebenum</spn>, <spn>Melanoxylon</spn>, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (<spn>Brya Ebenus</spn>), and from the <spn>Exc\'91caria glandulosa</spn>.</note>

<h1>Ebony</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>Eb"on*y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; <as>as, an <ex>ebony</ex> countenance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This <b>ebony</b> bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. <i>Poe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ebracteate</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>E*brac"te*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>bracteate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without bracts.</def>

<h1>Ebracteolate</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>E*brac"te*o*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>bracteolate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.</def>

<h1>Ebrauke</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>E*brau"ke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Hebraicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>H\'82bra\'8bque</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hebrew.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>