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<h1>Engine-sized</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En"gine-sized`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Enginous</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En"gi*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>engignos</ets>. See <er>Ingenious</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to an engine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That one act gives, like an <b>enginous</b> wheel, Motion to all. <i>Decker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contrived with care; ingenious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The mark of all <b>enginous</b> drifts. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Engird</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gird"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engirded</er> or <er>Engirt</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engirding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>gird</ets>. Cf. <er>Ingirt</er>.]</ety> <def>To gird; to encompass.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Engirdle</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gir"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.</def>

<h1>Engirt</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*girt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To engird.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Collins.</i>

<h1>Engiscope</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En"gi*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ near + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A kind of reflecting microscope.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Englaimed</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*glaimed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>engleimen</ets> to smear, <ets>gleim</ets> birdlime, glue, phlegm.]</ety> <def>Clammy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Engle</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>enghle</ets> to coax or cajole. Cf. <er>Angle</er> a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, <er>Ingle</er>.]</ety> <def>A favorite; a paramour; an ingle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Engle</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En"gle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cajole or coax, as favorite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I 'll presently go and <b>engle</b> some broker. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>English</h1> <Xpage=493>

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