Part 3815

<h1>Entad</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"tad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ent-</ets> + L. <ets>ad</ets> towards.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to <i>ectad</i>.</def>

<i>B. G. Wilder.</i>

<h1>Entail</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>entaile</ets> carving, OF. <ets>entaille</ets>, F., an incision, fr. <ets>entailler</ets> to cut away; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>tailler</ets> to cut; LL. <ets>feudum talliatum</ets> a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See <er>Tail</er> limitation, <er>Tailor</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is entailed</def>. Hence: <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The rule by which the descent is fixed.</def>

<blockquote>A power of breaking the ancient <b>entails</b>, and of alienating their estates. <i>Hume.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A work of rich <i>entail</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Entail</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tail"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Entailed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Entailing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>entailen</ets> to carve, OF. <ets>entailler</ets>. See <er>Entail</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.</def>

<blockquote>Allowing them to <b>entail</b> their estates. <i>Hume.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I here <b>entail</b> The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To appoint hereditary possessor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>entail</b> him and his heirs unto the crown. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cut or carve in a ornamental way.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Entailed</b> with curious antics. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Entailment</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En*tail"ment</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The condition of being entailed.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A thing entailed.</def>

<blockquote>Brutality as an hereditary <b>entailment</b> becomes an ever weakening force. <i>R. L. Dugdale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ental</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ent-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to <i>ectal</i>.</def>

<i>B. G. Wilder.</i>

<h1>Entame</h1> <Xpage=496>