Part 3583

<h1>Ebriety</h1> <Xpage=467>

<hw>E*bri"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ebrieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>ebrietas</ets>, from. <ets>ebrius</ets> intoxicated: cf. F. <ets>\'82bri\'82te</ets>. Cf. <er>So<?/er</er>.]</ety> <def>Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.</def> "Ruinous <i>ebriety</i>."

<i>Cowper.</i>

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<h1>Ebrillade</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*bril"lade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.</def>

<h1>Ebriosity</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E`bri*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ebriositas</ets>, from <ets>ebriousus</ets> given to drinking, fr. <ets>ebrius</ets>. See <er>Ebriety</er>.]</ety> <def>Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.</def>

<h1>Ebrious</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E"bri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ebrius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>M. Collins.</i>

<h1>Ebulliate</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*bul"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To boil or bubble up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Prynne.</i>

<h1>Ebullience; 106, Ebulliency</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw><hw>E*bul"lience</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <hw>E*bul"lien*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A boiling up or over; effervescence.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Ebullient</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*bul"lient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ebulliens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>ebullire</ets> to boil up, bubble up; <ets>e</ets> out, from + <ets>bullire</ets> to boil. See 1st <er>Boil</er>.]</ety> <def>Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.</def> "<i>Ebullient</i> with subtlety."

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>ebullient</b> enthusiasm of the French. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ebullioscope</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*bul"li*o*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ebullire</ets> to boil up + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phys. Chem.)</fld> <def>An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.</def>

<h1>Ebullition</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Eb`ul*li"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82bullition</ets>, L. <ets>ebullitio</ets>, fr. <ets>ebullire</ets>. See <er>Ebullient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an a\'89riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written <asp>bullition</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; <as>as, an <ex>ebullition</ex> of anger or ill temper</as>.</def>