Part 3622

<h1>Effluent</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef"flu*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.</def>

<h1>Effluviable</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flu"vi*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being given off as an effluvium.</def> "<i>Effluviable</i> matter."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Effluvial</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flu"vi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to effluvia.</def>

<h1>Effluviate</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flu"vi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give forth effluvium.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "An <i>effluviating</i> power."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Effluvium</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flu"vi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Effluvia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a flowing out, fr. <ets>effluere</ets> to flow out. See <er>Effluent</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; <as>as, the <ex>effluvium</ex> from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage</as>.</def>

<h1>Efflux</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef"flux</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Effluent</er>, <er>Flux</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; <as>as, the <ex>efflux</ex> of matter from an ulcer; the <ex>efflux</ex> of men's piety.</as></def>

<blockquote>It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in <b>efflux</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which flows out; emanation; effluence.</def>

<blockquote>Prime cheerer, light! . . . <b>Efflux</b> divine. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Efflux</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Effluxion</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*flux"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Efflux</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of flowing out; effusion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.</def>

<blockquote>Some light <b>effluxions</b> from spirit to spirit. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Effodient</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fo"di*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effodiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>effodere</ets> to dig out; <ets>ex + fodere</ets> to dig.]</ety> <def>Digging up.</def>