Part 3733

<h1>Empyrean</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em`py*re"an</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Empyreal</er>.]</ety> <def>The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>empyrean</b> rung With hallelujahs. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Empyrean</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em`py*re"an</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Empyreal.</def>

<i>Akenside.</i>

<h1>Empyreuma</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em`py*reu"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a live coal covered with ashes, fr. <?/ to set on fire, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>empyreume</ets>. See <er>Empyreal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.</def>

<h1>Empyreumatic, Empyreumatical</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw><hw>Em`py*reu*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>empyreumatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to empyreuma; <as>as, an <ex>empyreumatic</ex> odor</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Empyreumatic oils</col>, <cd>oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures.</cd></cs>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Empyreumatize</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em`py*reu"ma*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render empyreumatic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Empyrical</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em*pyr"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ in fire. See <er>Empyreal</er>.]</ety> <def>Containing the combustible principle of coal.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<h1>Empyrosis</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em"py*ro"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ in + <?/ to burn.]</ety> <def>A general fire; a conflagration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Emrods</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em"rods</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Emerods</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Emu</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>E"mu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Pg. <ets>ema</ets> ostrich, F. <ets>\'82mou</ets>, <ets>\'82meu</ets>, emu.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large Australian bird, of two species (<spn>Dromaius Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91</spn> and <spn>D. irroratus</spn>), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>emeu</asp> and <asp>emew</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.</note>

<cs><col>Emu wren</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd></cs>

<h1>Emulable</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>Em"u*la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aemulari</ets> to emulate + <ets>-able</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being emulated.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>