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<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or privilege of being an Englishman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.</def>

<blockquote>A general massacre of the <b>Englishry</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Englishwoman</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>Eng"lish*wom`an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Englishwomen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>Fem. of <er>Englishman</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Engloom</h1> <Xpage=493>

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

<h1>Englue</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*glue"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>glue</ets>: cf. F. <ets>engluer</ets> to smear with birdlime.]</ety> <def>To join or close fast together, as with glue; <as>as, a coffer well <ex>englued</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Englut</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*glut"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Englutted</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Englutting</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>glut</ets>: cf. F. <ets>engloutir</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To swallow or gulp down.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To glut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Englutted</i> with vanity."

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Engore</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Deadly <b>engored</b> of a great wild boar. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make bloody.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Engorge</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gorge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engorged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engorging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>gorge</ets>: cf. F. <ets>engorger</ets> to obstruct, cram.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To gorge; to glut.</def>

<i>Mir. for Mag.</i>

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