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<cs><col>Endless chain</col>, <cd>a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends.</cd> -- <col>Endless screw</col>. <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Screw</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.</syn>

<h1>Endlessly</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>End"less*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an endless manner.</def>

<h1>Endlessness</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>End"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>endele\'a0snys</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being endless; perpetuity.</def>

<h1>Endlong</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>End"long`</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>adv. & prep.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Along</er>.]</ety> <def>Lengthwise; along.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart and <b>endelong</b> With iron tough. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He pricketh <b>endelong</b> the large space. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To thrust the raft <b>endlong</b> across the moat. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Endmost</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>End"most`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Farthest; remotest; at the very end.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<h1>Endo-, End-</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw><hw>En"do-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>End-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ within, fr. <?/ in. See <er>In</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form signifying <i>within</i>; <as>as, <ex>endo</ex>carp, <ex>endo</ex>gen, <ex>endo</ex>cuneiform, <ex>end</ex>aspidean</as>.</def>

<h1>Endoblast</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En"do*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endo-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Entoblast; endoplast. See <er>Nucleus</er>,</def>

<h1>Endoblastic</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En`do*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to the endoblast; <as>as, the <ex>endoblastic</ex> layer</as>.</def>

<h1>Endocardiac, Endocardial</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw><hw>En`do*car"di*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En`do*car"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the endocardium.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Seated or generated within the heart; <as>as, <ex>endocardial</ex> murmurs</as>.</def>

<h1>Endocarditis</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En`do*car*di"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>-itis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the endocardium.</def>

<h1>Endocardium</h1> <Xpage=490>

<hw>En`do*car"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ within + <?/ heart.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.</def>

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