Part 3743

<cs><col>Encaustic painting</col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors.</cd> -- <col>Encaustic tile</col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>En*caus"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>encaustica</ets>, Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/): cf. F. <ets>encaustique</ets>. See <er>Encaustic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.</def>

<h1>Encave</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>cave</ets>: cf. F. <ets>encaver</ets>. Cf. <er>Incavated</er>.]</ety> <def>To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.</def> "Do but <i>encave</i> yourself."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>-ence</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>-ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>-ence</ets>, L. <ets>-entia</ets>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix signifying <i>action</i>, <i>state</i>, or <i>quality</i>; also, <i>that which relates to</i> the action or state; as in emerg<i>ence</i>, diffid<i>ence</i>, dilig<i>ence</i>, influ<i>ence</i>, differ<i>ence</i>, excell<i>ence</i>. See <er>-ance</er>.</def>

<h1>Enceinte</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En`ceinte"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>enceindre</ets> to gird about, surround, L. <ets>incingere</ets>; <ets>in</ets> (intens). + <ets>cingere</ets> to gird. See <er>Cincture</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also <altname>body of the place</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.</def>

<blockquote>The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their <b>enceinte</b>. <i>S. W. Williams.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enceinte</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En`ceinte"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>in</ets> not + <ets>cinctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cingere</ets> to gird about.]</ety> <def>Pregnant; with child.</def>

<h1>Encenia</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*ce"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>encaenia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ a feast of dedication; <?/ in + <?/ new.]</ety> <def>A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.</def>

<h1>Encense</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*cense"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>encenser</ets>, fr. <ets>encens</ets>. See <er>Incense</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Encephalic</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En`ce*phal"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Encephalon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.</def>

<h1>Encephalitis</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*ceph`a*li"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ the brain + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the brain.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>En`ceph*a*lit"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Encephalocele</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*ceph"a*lo*cele</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the brain + <?/ tumor.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hernia of the brain.</def>

<h1>Encephaloid</h1> <Xpage=488>

<hw>En*ceph"a*loid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.</def>