Part 3601

<hw>Ec*trot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ for abortion; <?/ out + <?/ to wound, cause mischief to.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.</def>

<h1>Ectypal</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"ty*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ectypus</ets> worked in high relief, Gr. <?/; <?/ out + <?/ stamp, figure. See <er>Type</er>.]</ety> <def>Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.</def>

<h1>Ectype</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"type</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ectype</ets>. See <er>Ectypal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Classical Arch\'91ol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.</def>

<blockquote>Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an <b>ectype</b> of the ancient prophets. <i>Eng. Cyc. .</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ectypography</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec`ty*pog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ectype</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.</def>

<h1>Ecumenic, Ecumenical</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw><hw>Ec`u*men"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ec`u*men"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>oecumenicus</ets>, Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/) the inhabited world, fr. <?/ to inhabit, from <?/ house, dwelling. See <er>Economy</er>.]</ety> <def>General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; <as>as, an <ex>ecumenical</ex> council</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp><?/cumenical</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Ecumenical Bishop</col>, <cd>a title assumed by the popes.</cd> -- <col>Ecumenical council</col>. <cd>See under <er>Council</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ecurie</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"u*rie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Equerry</er>.]</ety> <def>A stable.</def>

<h1>Eczema</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"ze*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'e`kzema</grk>; <grk>"ek</grk> out + <grk>zei^n</grk> to boil.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also <altname>tetter</altname>, <altname>milk crust</altname>, and <altname>salt rheum</altname>.</def>

<h1>Eczematous</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*zem"a*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.</def>

<h1>-ed</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>-ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; <as>as, pigment<ex>ed</ex>; talent<ex>ed</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Edacious</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*da"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>edax</ets>, <ets>edacis</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to eat.]</ety> <def>Given to eating; voracious; devouring.</def>

<blockquote>Swallowed in the depths of <b>edacious</b> Time. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>E*da"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>E*da"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Edacity</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*dac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>edacitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>