Part 3626

<h1>Effuse</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef*fuse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Effused</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Effusing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>With gushing blood <b>effused</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ef*fuse"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To emanate; to issue.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

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<hw>Ef*fu"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effusio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>effusion</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of pouring out; <as>as, <ex>effusion</ex> of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To save the <b>effusion</b> of my people's blood. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.</def>

<blockquote>Wash me with that precious <b>effusion</b>, and I shall be whiter than sow. <i>Eikon Basilike.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The light <b>effusions</b> of a heedless boy. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Pathol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The liquid escaping or exuded.</def>

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<hw>Ef*fu"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pouring out; pouring forth freely.</def> "Washed with the <i>effusive</i> wave."

<i>Pope.</i>

<cs><col>Effusive rocks</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called <i>intrusive<i>, or <i>plutonic<i>, rocks.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ef*fu"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ef*fu"sive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Efreet</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Ef"reet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Afrit</er>.</def>

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<hw>Eft</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>efete</ets> lizard. See <er>Newt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A European lizard of the genus <spn>Seps</spn></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (<spn>Triton punctatus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Eft</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Eft</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>eft</ets>, <ets>\'91ft</ets>, again, back, afterward. See <er>Aft</er>, <er>After</er>.]</ety> <def>Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I wold never <b>eft</b> comen into the snare. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eftsoon, Eftsoons</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw><hw>Eft*soon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Eft*soons"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>eftsone</ets>, <ets>eftsones</ets>; AS. <ets>eft + s<?/na</ets> soon. See <er>Eft</er>, and <er>Soon</er>.]</ety> <def>Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>