Part 3846

<p><b>1.</b> <def>\'92olian.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Eolian attachment</col>, <col>Eolian harp</col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>\'92olian</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Eolic</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*ol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>\'92olic</er>.</def>

<h1>Eolipile</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*ol"i*pile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82olipyle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>\'92olipile</er>.</def>

<h1>Eolis</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E"o*lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Aeolis</ets> a daughter of \'92olus, Gr. <grk>A'ioli`s</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papill\'91 along the back. See <er>Ceratobranchia</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>\'92olis</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Eon, \'92on</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw><hw>E"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>\'92"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aeon</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>a'iwn</grk> space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. <ets>aevum</ets>. See <er>Age</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>eons</b> of geological time. <i>Huxley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gnostic Philos.)</fld> <def>One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.</def>

<blockquote>Among the higher <b>\'92ons</b> are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life. <i>Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Eons</i> were considered to be emanations sent forth by God from the depths of His grand solitude to fulfill various functions in the material and spiritual universe.</note>

<h1>Eophyte</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E"o*phyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ dawn + <?/ a plant.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.</def>

<h1>Eophytic</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E`o*phyt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to eophytes.</def>

<h1>Eos</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E"os</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'Hw`s</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>Aurora, the goddess of morn.</def>

<h1>Eosaurus</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E`o*sau"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'hw`s</grk> dawn + <grk>say^ros</grk> lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.</def>

<h1>Eosin</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E"o*sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ dawn.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresce\'8bn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.</def>

<h1>Eosphorite</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>E*os"pho*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Gr. <?/ Bringer of morn.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.</def>