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<h1>Emeritus</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*mer"i*tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., having served out his time, p. p. of <ets>emerere</ets>, <ets>emereri</ets>, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>merere</ets>, <ets>mereri</ets>, to merit, earn, serve.]</ety> <def>Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.</def>

<h1>Emeritus</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*mer"i*tus</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Emeriti</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A veteran who has honorably completed his service.</def>

<h1>Emerods, Emeroids</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw><hw>Em"er*ods</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em"er*oids</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>emmeroides</ets>. See <er>Hemorrhoids</er>.]</ety> <def>Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Deut. xxviii. 27.</i>

<h1>Emersed</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*mersed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emersus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Emerge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Standing out of, or rising above, water.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Emersion</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*mer"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82mersion</ets>. See <er>Emerge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; <as>as, <ex>emersion</ex> from the sea; <ex>emersion</ex> from obscurity or difficulties.</as></def>

<blockquote>Their immersion into water and their <b>emersion</b> out of the same. <i>Knatchbull.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; <as>as, the <ex>emersion</ex> of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the <ex>emersion</ex> of a star from behind the moon.</as></def>

<h1>Emery</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>Em"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82meri</ets>, earlier <ets>\'82meril</ets>, It. <ets>smeriglio</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, <?/, cf. <?/ to wipe; perh. akin to E. <ets>smear</ets>. Cf. <er>Emeril</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under <er>Corundum</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Emery board</col>, <cd>cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Emery cloth</col> &or; <col>paper</col></mcol>, <cd>cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.</cd> -- <col>Emery wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a <altname>buff wheel</altname>, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a <altname>glazer</altname>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Emesis</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Emetic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A vomiting.</def>

<h1>Emetic</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*met"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emeticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to vomit, akin to L. <ets>vomere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82m\'82tique</ets>. See <er>Vomit</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine which causes vomiting.</def></def2>

<h1>Emetical</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*met"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- <wordforms><wf>E*met"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Emetine</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"e*tine</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Emetic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.</def>

<h1>Emeto-cathartic</h1> <Xpage=485>