Part 3793

<h1>Enhydros</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*hy"dros</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Enhydrous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of chalcedony containing water.</def>

<h1>Enhydrous</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*hy"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ in + <?/ water.]</ety> <def>Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.</def>

<h1>Enigma</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>E*nig"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Enigmas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>aenigma</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to speak darkly, fr. <?/ tale, fable.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.</def>

<blockquote>A custom was among the ancients of proposing an <b>enigma</b> at festivals. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; <as>as, his conduct is an <ex>enigma</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Enigmatic; 277, Enigmatical</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw><hw>E`nig*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <hw>E`nig*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82nigmatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; <as>as, an <ex>enigmatical</ex> answer</as>.</def>

<h1>Enigmatically</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>E`nig*mat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Darkly; obscurely.</def>

<h1>Enigmatist</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>E*nig"ma*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>One who makes, or talks in, enigmas.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Enigmatize</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>E*nig"ma*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enigmatized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enigmatizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.</def>

<h1>Enigmatography, Enigmatology</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw><hw>E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, an enigma + <ets>-graphy</ets>, <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of making or of solving enigmas.</def>

<h1>Enisled</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*isled"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "In the sea of life <i>enisled</i>."

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<h1>Enjall</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*jall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enjailed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enjailing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>jail</ets>. Cf. <er>Engaol</er>.]</ety> <def>To put into jail; to imprison.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Enjoin</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*join"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enjoined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enjoining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>enjoindre</ets>, L. <ets>injungere</ets> to join into, charge, enjoin; <ets>in + jungere</ets> to join. See <er>Join</er>, and cf. <er>Injunction</er>.]</ety>