Part 3768

<h1>Endostome</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"do*stome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Endostoma</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>And endostoma.</def>

<h1>Endostosis</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`dos*to"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Endo-</er>, and <er>Ostosis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.</def>

<h1>Endostyle</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"do*style</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a pillar.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See <er>Tunicata</er>.</def>

<h1>Endotheca</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*the"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ within + <?/ a case, box, fr. <?/ to place.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>En`do*the"cal</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Endothecium</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*the"ci*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Endotheca</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The inner lining of an another cell.</def>

<h1>Endothelial</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*the"li*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of, or relating to, endothelium.</def>

<h1>Endothelium</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*the"li*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Endothelia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ within + <?/ nipple.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See <er>Epithelium</er>.</def>

<h1>Endotheloid</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*the"loid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endothelium</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Like endothelium.</def>

<h1>Endothorax</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*tho"rax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endo-</ets> + <ets>thorax</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.</def>

<h1>Endow</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Endowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Endowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>endouer</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + F. <ets>douer</ets> to endow, L. <ets>dotare</ets>. See <er>Dower</er>, and cf. 2d <er>Endue</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; <as>as, to <ex>endow</ex> a wife; to <ex>endow</ex> a public institution.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Endowing</b> hospitals and almshouses. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by <i>with</i>, rarely by <i>of</i>; <as>as, man is <ex>endowed</ex> by his Maker with reason; to <ex>endow</ex> with privileges or benefits.</as></def>

<h1>Endower</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>endouairer</ets>. See <er>Dower</er>, <er>Endow</er>.]</ety> <def>To endow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Waterhouse.</i>