Part 3639

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sudden; hasty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Ejaculatory</i> repentances, that take us by fits and starts."

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Eject</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*ject"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ejected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ejecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>ejectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ejicere</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; <as>as, to <ex>eject</ex> a person from a room; to <ex>eject</ex> a traitor from the country; to <ex>eject</ex> words from the language.</as></def> "Eyes <i>ejecting</i> flame."

<i>H. Brooke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; <as>as, to <ex>eject</ex> tenants from an estate</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.</syn>

<h1>Ejection</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*jec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ejectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82jection</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.</def> "Vast <i>ejection</i> of ashes." <i>Eustace</i>. "The <i>ejection</i> of a word."

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.</def>

<h1>Ejectment</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*ject"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; <as>as, the <ex>ejectment</ex> of tenants from their homes</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Ejector</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E*ject"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.</def>

<cs><col>Ejector condenser</col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ejoo</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>E"joo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>\'c6j<?/</ets> or <ets>h\'c6j<?/</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gomuti fiber. See <er>Gomuti</er>.</def>

<h1>Ejulation</h1> <Xpage=475>

<hw>Ej`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ejulatio</ets>, fr. <ets>ejulare</ets> to wail, lament.]</ety> <def>A wailing; lamentation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Ejulation</i> in the pangs of death."

<i>Philips.</i>

<h1>Ekabor, Ekaboron</h1> <Xpage=475>