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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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

<hw>En*gorge"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.</def>

<i>Beaumont.</i>

<h1>Engorged</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gorged"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.</def>

<h1>Engorgement</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gorge"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>engorgement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.</def>

<i>Hoblyn.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The clogging of a blast furnace.</def>

<h1>Engouled</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*gouled"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; <as>as, an infant <ex>engouled</ex> by a serpent</as>; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; <as>as, a bend <ex>engouled</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Engoul\'82e</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En`gou`l\'82e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., p. p. of <ets>engouler</ets> to swallow up; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>gueule</ets> mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Engouled</er>.</def>

<h1>Engraff</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*graff"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ingraft</er>.]</ety> <def>To graft; to fix deeply.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Engraffment</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*graff"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ingraftment</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Engraft</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*graft"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Ingraft</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Engraftation, Engraftment</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw><hw>En`graf*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En*graft"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of ingrafting; ingraftment.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>