Part 3638

<blockquote>The extreme right and left of <b>either</b> army never engaged. <i>Jowett (Thucyd).</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Ei"ther</hw>, <tt>conj. Either</tt> <def>precedes two, or more, co\'94rdinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to <i>or</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Either</b> he is talking, <b>or</b> he is pursuing, <b>or</b> he is in a journey, <b>or</b> peradventure he sleepeth. <i>1 Kings xviii. 27.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Few writers hesitate to use <b>either</b> in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must <b>either</b> stay where we are, proceed, or recede. <i>Latham.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Either</i> was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use <i>or</i>.</note>

<blockquote>Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? <b>either</b> a vine, figs?? <i>James iii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ejaculate</h1> <Xpage=474>

<hw>E*jac"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ejaculated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ejaculating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>ejaculatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ejaculari</ets> to throw out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>ejaculari</ets> to throw, fr. <ets>jaculum</ets> javelin, dart, fr. <ets>jacere</ets> to throw. See <er>Eject</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Technical]</mark>

<blockquote>Its active rays <b>ejaculated</b> thence. <i>Blackmore.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; <as>as, to <ex>ejaculate</ex> a prayer</as>.</def>

<h1>Ejaculate</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*jac"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Ejaculating</i> to himself."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Ejaculation</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*jac`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82jaculation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Technical]</mark> "An <i>ejaculation</i> or irradiation of the eye."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.</def>

<blockquote>In your dressing, let there be <b>jaculations</b> fitted to the several actions of dressing. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.</def>

<h1>Ejaculator</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*jac"u*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ejaculate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which helps ejaculation.</def>

<h1>Ejaculatory</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*jac"u*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; <as>as, <ex>ejaculatory</ex> vessels</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; <as>as, an <ex>ejaculatory</ex> prayer or petition</as>.</def>