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<hw>Eg"lan*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82glantine</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>aiglent</ets> brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>acuculentus</ets>, fr. a dim. of L. <ets>acus</ets> needle; cf. F. <ets>aiguille</ets> needle. Cf. <er>Aglet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of rose (<spn>Rosa Eglanteria</spn>), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The sweetbrier (<spn>R. rubiginosa</spn>).</def>

<note>&hand; Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twinning plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.</note>

<blockquote>Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the twisted <b>eglantine</b>. <i>L'Allegro, 47.</i></blockquote>

"In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers." <i>Dr. Prior.</i>

<h1>Eglatere</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Eg"la*tere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Eglantine.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eglantere</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Egling</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Eg"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European perch when two years old.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Eglomerate</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>E*glom"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>glomerate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To unwind, as a thread from a ball.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ego</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>E"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., I.]</ety> <fld>(Met.)</fld> <def>The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to <i>non-ego</i>.</def>

<h1>Egoical</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>E*go"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to egoism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Egoism</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>E"go*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82go\'8bsme</ets>, fr. L. <ets>-ego</ets> I. See <er>I</er>, and cf. <er>Egotism</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the <i>ego</i> and the relations which it implies or provides for.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to <i>altruism</i>.</def>

<h1>Egoist</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>E"go*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82go\'8bste</ets>. See <er>Egoism</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.</def>

<blockquote>I, dullard <b>egoist</b>, taking no special recognition of such nobleness. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>A believer in egoism.</def>

<h1>Egoistic, Egoistical</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw><hw>E`go*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E`go*is"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.</def>

<blockquote>Ill-natured feeling, or <b>egoistic</b> pleasure in making men miserable. <i>G. Eliot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Egoistically</h1> <Xpage=474>