Part 3718

<h1>Emmarble</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*mar"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To turn to marble; to harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou dost <b>emmarble</b> the proud heart. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emmenagogue</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*men"a*gogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <ets>n.</ets> pl., menses (<?/ in + <?/ month) + <?/ leading, fr. <?/ to lead: cf. F. <ets>emm\'82nagogue</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.</def>

<h1>Emmet</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"met</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>emete</ets>, <ets>amete</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91mete</ets>. See <er>Ant</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An ant.</def>

<cs><col>Emmet hunter</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the wryneck.</cd></cs>

<h1>Emmetropia</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`me*tro"pi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ in measure, proportioned, suitable (<?/ in + <?/ measure) + <?/, <?/, eye.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to <i>hypermetropia</i>, <i>myopia</i>, an <i>astigmatism</i>.</def>

<h1>Emmetropic</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`me*trop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.</def>

<blockquote>The normal or <b>emmetropic</b> eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. <i>J. Le Conte.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emmetropy</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*met"ro*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Emmetropia</er>.</def>

<h1>Emmew</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*mew"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>mew</ets>. Cf. <er>Immew</er>.]</ety> <def>To mew or coop up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Emmove</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*move"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>emove</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82mouvoir</ets>, L. <ets>emovere</ets>. See <er>Emotion</er>.]</ety> <def>To move; to rouse; to excite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Emodin</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em"o*din</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An orange-red crystalline substance, <chform>C15H10O5</chform>, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (<spn>Rheum emodei</spn>).</def>

<h1>Emollescence</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`ol*les"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>mollescere</ets>, incho. fr. <ets>mollere</ets> to be soft, <ets>mollis</ets> soft.]</ety> <def>That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.</def>

<h1>Emolliate</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mol"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emolliated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emolliating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Emollient</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To soften; to render effeminate.</def>

<blockquote><b>Emolliated</b> by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. <i>Pinkerton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emollient</h1> <Xpage=485>