Part 3588

<hw>Ec*crit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ secretive, fr. <?/ to choose out.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.</def>

<h1>Ecderon</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"der*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ out + <?/ skin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ecteron</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ec`der*on"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Ecdysis</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"dy*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ecdyses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'e`kdysis</grk> a getting out, fr. <grk>'ekdy`ein</grk>, to put off; <grk>'ek</grk> out + <grk>dy`ein</grk> to enter.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; <as>as, the <ex>ecdysis</ex> of the pupa from its shell</as>; exuviation.</def>

<h1>Ecgonine</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec"go*nine</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'e`kgonos</grk> sprung from.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.</def>

<h1></chauguette</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw><?/`chau`guette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See <er>Castle</er>.</def>

<h1>Eche</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ech"e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. &or; a. pron.</tt> <def>Each.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Echelon</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ech"e*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>\'82chelle</ets> ladder, fr. L. <ets>scala</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; <as>as, <ex>echelon</ex> distance</as>.</def>

<i>Upton (Tactics).</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naval)</fld> <def>An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or <?/ form.</def>

<i>Encyc. Dict.</i>

<cs><col>Echelon lens</col> <fld>(Optics)</fld>, <cd>a large lens constructed in several parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; -- used in lighthouses.</cd></cs>

<h1>Echelon</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ech"e*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.</def>

<h1>Echelon</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ech"e*lon</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take position in echelon.</def>

<blockquote>Change direction to the left, <b>echelon</b> by battalion from the right. <i>Upton (Tactics).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Echidna</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>E*chid"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a viper, adder, Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>A monster, half maid and half serpent.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of <spn>Monotremata</spn> found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also <altname>porcupine ant-eater</altname>, and <altname>Australian ant-eater</altname>.</def>