Part 3754

<hw>En*crust"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To incrust. See <er>Incrust</er>.</def>

<h1>Encrustment</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*crust"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.</def>

<blockquote>Disengaging truth from its <b>encrustment</b> of error. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Encumber</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*cum"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Encumbered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Encumbering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>encombrer</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + OF. <ets>combrer</ets> to hinder. See <er>Cumber</er>, and cf. <er>Incumber</er>.]</ety> <def</def>><altsp>[Written also <asp>incumber</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; <as>as, his movements were <ex>encumbered</ex> by his mantle; his mind is <ex>encumbered</ex> with useless learning.</as></def>

<blockquote>Not <b>encumbered</b> with any notable inconvenience. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To load with debts, or other legal claims; <as>as, to <ex>encumber</ex> an estate with mortgages</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.</syn>

<h1>Encumberment</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*cum"ber*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>encombrement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Encumbrance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Encumbrance</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*cum"brance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>encombrance</ets>. Cf. <er>Incumbrance</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See <er>Incumbrance</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Incumbrance</er>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.</syn>

<h1>Encumbrancer</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*cum"bran*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Incumbrancer</er>.</def>

<h1>Encurtain</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>En*cur"tain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inclose with curtains.</def>

<h1>-ency</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw>-en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>-entia</ets>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -<i>ence</i>, but more commonly signifying the <i>quality</i> or <i>state</i>; <as>as, emerg<ex>ency</ex>, effici<ex>ency</ex></as>. See <er>-ancy</er>.</def>

<h1>Encyclic, Encyclical</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw><hw>En*cyc"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En*cyc"li*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>encyclios</ets> of a circle, general, Gr. <?/; <?/ in + <?/ circle: cf. F. <ets>encyclique</ets>. See <er>Cycle</er>.]</ety> <def>Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; <as>as, an <ex>encyclical</ex> letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope</as>.</def>

<h1>Encyclic, Encyclical</h1> <Xpage=489>

<hw><hw>En*cyc"lic</hw>, <hw>En*cyc"li*cal</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>