Part 3836

<i>F. A. Walker.</i>

<h1>Entresol</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`tre*sol"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.</def>

<i>Parker.</i>

<h1>Entrick</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*trick"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>entriken</ets> to perplex, OF. <ets>entriquer</ets>. Cf. <er>Trick</er>, <er>Intrigue</er>.]</ety> <def>To trick, to perplex.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<h1>Entrochal</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En"tro*chal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.</def>

<h1>Entrochite</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En"tro*chite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + Gr. <?/ wheel.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.</def>

<h1>Entropion</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*tro"pi*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Entropium</er>.</def>

<h1>Entropium</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En*tro"pi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Entropy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.</def>

<h1>Entropy</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En"tro*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a turning in; <?/ in + <?/ a turn, fr. <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Thermodynamics)</fld> <def>A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, <i>h</i>, of heat enters the body when its temperature is <i>t</i> in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by <i>h <?/ t</i>. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the <i>thermodynamic function</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>entropy</b> of the universe tends towards a maximum. <i>Clausius.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Entrust</h1> <Xpage=498>

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

<h1>Entry</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En"try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Entries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>entree</ets>, <ets>entre</ets>, F. <ets>entr\'82e</ets>, fr. <ets>entrer</ets> to enter. See <er>Enter</er>, and cf. <er>Entr\'82e</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; <as>as, the <ex>entry</ex> of a person into a house or city; the <ex>entry</ex> of a river into the sea; the <ex>entry</ex> of air into the blood; an <ex>entry</ex> upon an undertaking.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; <as>as, an <ex>entry</ex> of a sale</as>; also, that which is entered; an item.</def>

<blockquote>A notary made an <b>entry</b> of this act. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.</def>

<blockquote>A straight, long <b>entry</b> to the temple led. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See <er>Enter</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 8, and <er>Entrance</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <p><b>5.</b></def>