Part 3603

<h1>Eddy</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ed"dy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To collect as into an eddy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The circling mountains <b>eddy</b> in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Edelweiss</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E"del*weiss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>edel</ets> noble + <ets>weiss</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (<spn>Leontopodium alpinum</spn>), growing at high elevations in the Alps.</def><-- = the national flower of Austria -->

<h1>Edema</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*de"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>\'d2dema</er>.</def>

<h1>Edematous, &or; Edematose</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw><hw>E*de"ma*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>E*de"ma*tose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>\'d2dematous</er>.</def>

<h1>Eden</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>\'c7den</ets> delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.]</ety> <def>The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.</def>

<h1>Edenic</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*den"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.</def> "<i>Edenic</i> joys."

<i>Mrs. Browning.</i>

<h1>Edenite</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E"den*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Eden</ets>ville, <er>N</er>. <er>Y</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of amphibole. See <er>Amphibole</er>.</def>

<h1>Edenized</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E"den*ized</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).</i>

<h1>Edental</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*den"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Edentate</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Edentata.</def></def2>

<h1>Edentalous</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*den"tal*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Edentate</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Edentata</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E`den*ta"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., neut. pl. from L. <ets>edentatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>edentare</ets> to render toothless; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also <altname>Bruta</altname>. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.</def>

<h1>Edentate</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>E*den"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of teeth; <as>as, an <ex>edentate</ex> quadruped; an <ex>edentate</ex> leaf.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Edentata.</def>