Part 3584

<h1>Eburin</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Eb"ur*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Eburnation</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E`bur*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eburnus</ets> of ivory, fr. <ets>ebur</ets> ivory: cf. F. <ets>\'82burnation</ets>. See <er>Ivory</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.</def>

<h1>Eburnean</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*bur"ne*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eburneus</ets>, fr. <ets>ebur</ets> ivory. See <er>Ivory</er>.]</ety> <def>Made of or relating to ivory.</def>

<h1>Eburnification</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*bur`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eburnus</ets> of ivory (fr. <ets>ebur</ets> ivory) + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.</def>

<h1>Eburnine</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Eb"ur*nine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to ivory.</def> " read from tablet <i>eburnine</i>."

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

<h1>Ecardines</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*car"di*nes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>e</ets> out, without + <ets>cardo</ets> a hinge.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See <er>Brachiopoda</er>.</def>

<h1>\'90cart\'82</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>\'90`car`t\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., prop. fr. <ets>\'82carter</ets> to reject, discard.]</ety> <def>A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.</def>

<h1>Ecaudate</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*cau"date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>caudate</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without a tail or spur.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Tailless.</def>

<h1>Ecballium</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*bal"li*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Ecbole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species <i>Ecballium agreste</i> (or <i>Elaterium</i>), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.</def>

<h1>Ecbasis</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"ba*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a going out, issue, or event; <?/ out + <?/ to go.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.</def>

<h1>Ecbatic</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*bat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ecbasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from <i>telic</i>, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase <?/ <?/, if rendered "<i>so that</i> it was fulfilled," is ecbatic; if rendered "<i>in order that</i> it might be." etc., is telic.</def>

<h1>Ecbole</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"bo*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a throwing out, a digression, fr. <?/ to throw out; <?/ out of + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.</def>