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<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enlute</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*lute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + L. <ets>lutum</ets> mud, clay.]</ety> <def>To coat with clay; to lute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Enmanch\'82</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En`man`ch\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F.; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>manche</ets> sleeve.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.</def>

<h1>Enmarble</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*mar"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>marble</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make hard as marble; to harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enmesh</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*mesh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>mesh</ets>. Cf. <er>Inmesh</er>.]</ety> <def>To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>My doubts <b>enmesh</b> me if I try. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enmew</h1> <Xpage=494>

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

<h1>Enmist</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*mist"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To infold, as in a mist.</def>

<h1>Enmity</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En"mi*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Enmities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>enemyte</ets>, fr. <ets>enemy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inimiti\'82</ets>, OF. <ets>enemisti\'82</ets>. See <er>Enemy</er>, and cf. <er>Amity</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.</def>

<blockquote>No ground of <b>enmity</b> between us known. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A state of opposition; hostility.</def>

<blockquote>The friendship of the world is <b>enmity</b> with God. <i>James iv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See <er>Animosity</er>, <er>Rancor</er>.</syn>

<h1>Enmossed</h1> <Xpage=494>

<hw>En*mossed"</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>moss</ets>.]</ety> <def>Covered with moss; mossed.</def>

<i>Keats.</i>

<h1>Enmove</h1> <Xpage=494>

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