Part 3586

<hw>Ec*cen"tric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Eccentric</er>.</def>

<h1>Eccentrically</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cen"tric*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an eccentric manner.</def>

<blockquote>Drove <b>eccentrically</b> here and there. <i>Lew Wallace.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eccentricity</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec`cen*tric"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Eccentricities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>excentricit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.</def>

<h1>Ecchymose</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"chy*mose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; <as>as, the parts were much <ex>ecchymosed</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Ecchymosis</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec`chy*mo"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ecchymoses</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to extravasate; <?/ out of + <?/ to pour.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.</def>

<h1>Ecchymotic</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec`chy*mot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to ecchymosis.</def>

<h1>Eccle</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European green woodpecker; -- also called <i>ecall</i>, <i>eaquall</i>, <i>yaffle</i>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Ecclesia</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ecclesi\'91</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A church, either as a body or as a building.</def>

<h1>Ecclesial</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle"si*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ecclesiastical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Ecclesiarch</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle"si*arch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>ecclesiarcha</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ church + <?/ to rule: cf. F. <ets>eccl\'82siarque</ets>.]</ety> <def>An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiast</h1> <Xpage=468>