Part 3627

<blockquote>And, if he fall from his capel [horse] <b>eftsone</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The champion stout <b>eftsoons</b> dismounted. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Egad</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*gad"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Euphemistic corruption of the oath, "by God."]</ety> <def>An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.</def>

<h1>Egal</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E"gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82gal</ets>. See <er>Equal</er>.]</ety> <def>Equal; impartial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Egality</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*gal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>egalite</ets>, F. <ets>\'82galit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Equality.</def>

<i>Chaucer. Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Egean</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*ge"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>\'92gean</er>.</def>

<h1>Egence</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E"gence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>egens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>egere</ets> to be needy, suffer want.]</ety> <def>The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Grote.</i>

<h1>Eger, Egre</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw><hw>E"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E"gre</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Eager</er>.]</ety> <def>Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>egre</b> words of thy friend. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eger</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E"ger</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An impetuous flood; a bore. See <er>Eagre</er>.</def>

<h1>Egerminate</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*ger"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>egerminare</ets> to sprout.]</ety> <def>To germinate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Egest</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*gest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>egestus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>egerere</ets> to carry out, to discharge; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>gerere</ets> to carry.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.</def>

<h1>Egesta</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*ges"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. <ets>egere</ets>. See <er>Egest</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to <i>ingesta</i>.</def>

<h1>Egestion</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>E*ges"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>egestio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act or process of egesting; a voiding.</def>