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<hw>Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ vomiting + E. <ets>cathartic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.</def>

<h1>Emeu, &or; Emew</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw><hw>E"meu</hw>, &or; <hw>E"mew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Emu</er>.</def>

<h1></meute</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw><?/`meute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A seditious tumult; an outbreak.</def>

<h1>Emforth</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*forth"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>em-</ets>, <ets>emn-</ets>, in comp. equiv. to <ets>efen</ets> equal + <ets>for<?/</ets> forth.]</ety> <def>According to; conformably to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>Emforth my might</col>, <cd>so far as lies in my power. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Emgalla</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*gal"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <def>The South African wart hog. See <er>Wart hog</er>.</def>

<h1>Emicant</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"i*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emicans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>emicare</ets>. See <er>Emication</er>.]</ety> <def>Beaming forth; flashing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Which <b>emicant</b> did this and that way dart. <i>Blackmore.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emication</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`i*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emicatio</ets>, fr. <ets>emicare</ets> to spring out or forth; <ets>e</ets>. out + <ets>micare</ets> to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.]</ety> <def>A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Emiction</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mic"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>mingere</ets>, <ets>mictum</ets>, to make water.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The voiding of urine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.</def>

<h1>Emictory</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mic"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Diuretic.</def>

<h1>Emigrant</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"i*grant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emigrans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>emigrare</ets> to emigrate: cf. F. <ets>\'82migrant</ets>. See <er>Emigrate</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Removing from one country to another; emigrating; <as>as, an <ex>emigrant</ex> company or nation</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; <as>as, an <ex>emigrant</ex> ship or hospital</as>.</def>

<h1>Emigrant</h1> <Xpage=485>

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