Part 3637

<h1>Eikosylene</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Ei*kos"y*lene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ twenty + acet<ets>ylene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A liquid hydrocarbon, <chform>C20H38</chform>, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.</def>

<h1>Eild</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Eild</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Eld</er>.]</ety> <def>Age.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fairfax.</i>

<h1>Eire</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Eire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Air.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Eirenarch</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Ei`re*narch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Irenarch</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A justice of the peace; irenarch.</def>

<h1>Eirenic</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Ei*ren"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pacific. See <er>Irenic</er>.</def>

<h1>Eirie</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Ei"rie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aerie</er>, and <er>Eyrie</er>.</def>

<h1>Eisel</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Ei"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aisil</ets>, <ets>aissil</ets>, fr. L. <ets>acet<?/m</ets>. Cf. <er>Acetic</er>.]</ety> <def>Vinegar; verjuice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Eisteddfod</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Eis*tedd"fod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W., session, fr. <ets>eistedd</ets> to sit.]</ety> <def>Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.</def>

<h1>Either</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>Ei"ther</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a. & pron.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>either</ets>, <ets>aither</ets>, AS. <ets><?/g<?/er</ets>, <ets><?/ghw\'91<?/er</ets> (akin to OHG. <ets><?/ogiwedar</ets>, MHG. <ets>iegeweder</ets>); <ets>\'be + ge + hw\'91<?/er</ets> whether. See <er>Each</er>, and <er>Whether</er>, and cf. <er>Or</er>, <ets>conj</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for <i>any one</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor <b>either</b> cares for him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by <b>either</b> of the three. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There have been three talkers in Great British, <b>either</b> of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. <i>Holmes.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.</def>

<blockquote>His flowing hair In curls on <b>either</b> cheek played. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>On <b>either</b> side . . . was there the tree of life. <i>Rev. xxii. 2.</i></blockquote>