Part 3811

<hw>En"sign</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enseigne</ets>, L. <ets>insignia</ets>, pl. of <ets>insigne</ets> a distinctive mark, badge, flag; <ets>in + signum</ets> mark, sign. See <er>Sign</er>, and cf. <er>Insignia</er>, 3d <er>Ancient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.</def>

<blockquote>Hang up your <b>ensigns</b>, let your drums be still. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.</def>

<blockquote>He will lift an <b>ensign</b> to the nations from far. <i>Is. v. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>ensigns</b> of our power about we bear. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<note>&hand; In the British army the rank of <i>ensign</i> was abolished in 1871. In the United States army the rank is not recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a sergeant called the <i>color sergeant</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Ensign bearer</col>, <cd>one who carries a flag; an ensign.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ensign</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En"sign</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To designate as by an ensign.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Henry but joined the roses that <b>ensigned</b> Particular families. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. <fld>(Her.)</fld>, by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be <i>ensigned</i>.</def>

<h1>Ensigncy</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En"sign*cy</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ensigncies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The rank or office of an ensign.</def>

<h1>Ensignship</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En"sign*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or rank of an ensign.</def>

<h1>Ensilage</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En"si*lage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>silo</ets>. See <er>Silo</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the <i>ensilage</i> of fodder.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fodder preserved in a silo.</def>

<h1>Ensilage</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En"si*lage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ensilaged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ensilaging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To preserve in a silo; <as>as, to <ex>ensilage</ex> cornstalks</as>.</def>

<h1>Ensky</h1> <Xpage=495>

<hw>En*sky"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To place in the sky or in heaven.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A thing <i>enskied</i> and sainted."