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<hw>En*trail"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Entanglement; fold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
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<hw>En"trails</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>entrailles</ets>, LL. <ets>intralia</ets>, <ets>intranea</ets>, fr. <ets>interaneum</ets>, pl. <ets>interanea</ets>, intestine, <ets>interaneus</ets> inward, interior, fr. <ets>inter</ets> between, among, within. See <er>Internal</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The internal parts; <as>as, the <ex>entrails</ex> of the earth</as>.</def>
<blockquote>That treasure . . . hid the dark <b>entrails</b> of America. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>En*train"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>entrainer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To draw along as a current does; <as>as, water <ex>entrained</ex> by steam</as>.</def>
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<hw>En*train"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>train</ets>.]</ety> <def>To put aboard a railway train; <as>as, to <ex>entrain</ex> a regiment</as>.</def> <mark>[Recent, Eng.]</mark>
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<hw>En*train"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To go aboard a railway train; <as>as, the troops <ex>entrained</ex> at the station</as>.</def> <mark>[Recent, Eng.]</mark>
<h1>Entrammel</h1> <Xpage=498>
<hw>En*tram"mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Trammel</er>.]</ety> <def>To trammel; to entangle.</def>
<i>Bp. Hacket.</i>
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<hw>En"trance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>entrance</ets>, fr. OF. & F. <ets>entrant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>entrer</ets> to enter. See <er>Enter</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of entering or going into; ingress; <as>as, the <ex>entrance</ex> of a person into a house or an apartment</as>; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; <as>as, the <ex>entrance</ex> of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Liberty, power, or permission to enter; <as>as, to give <ex>entrance</ex> to friends</as>.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>The passage, door, or gate, for entering.</def>
<blockquote>Show us, we pray thee, the <b>entrance</b> into the city. <i>Judg. i. 24.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; <as>as, a difficult <ex>entrance</ex> into business</as>.</def> "Beware of <i>entrance</i> to a quarrel."
<i>Shak.</i>
<blockquote>St. Augustine, in the <b>entrance</b> of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>5.</b> <def>The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; <as>as, his <ex>entrance</ex> of the arrival was made the same day</as>.</def>
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