Part 3742

<blockquote>A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the <b>encampment</b> of twenty thousand Romans. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A green <b>encampment</b> yonder meets the eye. <i>Guardian.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Encanker</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*can"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To canker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Encapsulation</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cap`su*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.</def>

<h1>Encarnalize</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*car"nal*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To carnalize; to make gross.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Encarnalize</i> their spirits."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Encarpus</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*car"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ containing fruit; <?/ in + <?/ fruit; cf. L. <ets>encarpa</ets>, pl., Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>encarpa</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Encase</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*case"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Enchase</er>.]</ety> <def>To inclose as in a case. See <er>Incase</er>.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Encasement</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*case"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Casement</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of encasing; also, that which encases.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>An old theory of generation similar to embo<?/tement. See <er>Ovulist</er>.</def>

<h1>Encash</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cash"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Banking)</fld> <def>To turn into cash; to cash.</def>

<i>Sat. Rev.</i>

<h1>Encashment</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cash"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Banking)</fld> <def>The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.</def>

<h1>Encauma</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cau"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ mark caused by burning, fr. <?/. See <er>Encaustic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Encaustic</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*caus"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>encausticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to burn in; <?/ in + <?/ to burn: cf. F. <ets>encaustique</ets>. See <er>Caustic</er>, and cf. <er>Ink</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Prepared by means of heat; burned in.</def>