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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Literature)</fld> <def>A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Ephemerist</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"er*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.</def>

<i>Howell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.</def>

<h1>Ephemeron</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"e*ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ephemera</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Ephemera</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the ephemeral flies.</def>

<h1>Ephemerous</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phem"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ephemeral.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Ephesian</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phe"sian</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Ephesius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82ph\'82sien</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.</def>

<h1>Ephesian</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phe"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A native of Ephesus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A jolly companion; a roisterer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ephialtes</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Eph`i*al"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, lit., one who leaps upon.]</ety> <def>The nightmare.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Ephippial</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phip"pi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Ephippium</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*phip"pi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ on + <?/ horse.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.</def>