Part 3850

<h1>Epexegesis</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep*ex`e*ge"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ detailed narrative, fr. <?/ to recount in detail; <?/ + <?/ to lead, point out. See <er>Exegesis</er>.]</ety> <def>A full or additional explanation; exegesis.</def>

<h1>Epexegetical</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep*ex`e*get"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.</def>

<h1>Ephah, &or; Epha</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw><hw>E"phah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>E"pha</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.</def>

<h1>Ephemera</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a day fly, fr. <?/ daily, lasting but a day; <?/ over + <?/ day.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A fever of one day's continuance only.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See <cref>Ephemeral fly</cref>, under <er>Ephemeral</er>.</def>

<h1>Ephemeral</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; <as>as, an <ex>ephemeral</ex> flower</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.</def> "<i>Ephemeral</i> popularity."

<i>V. Knox.</i>

<blockquote>Sentences not of <b>ephemeral</b>, but of eternal, efficacy. <i>Sir J. Stephen.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ephemeral fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus <spn>Ephemera</spn> and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv\'91 are aquatic; -- called also <altname>day fly</altname> and <altname>May fly</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ephemeral</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"er*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.</def>

<h1>Ephemeran</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"er*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the ephemeral flies.</def>

<h1>Ephemeric</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"e*ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ephemeral.</def>

<h1>Ephemeris</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"e*ris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ephemerides</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a diary, Gr. <?/, also, a calendar, fr. <?/. See <er>Ephemera</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A diary; a journal.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; <as>as, the "American <ex>Ephemeris</ex> and Nautical Almanac</as>."</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.</def>