Part 3853

<hw>Ep`i*bran"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>branchial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An epibranchial cartilage or bone.</def></def2>

<h1>Epic</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, from <?/ a word, speech, tale, song; akin to L. <ets>vox</ets> voice: cf. F. <ets>\'82pique</ets>. See <er>Voice</er>.]</ety> <def>Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>epic</b> poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail. <i>T. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epic</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An epic or heroic poem. See <er>Epic</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Epical</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"ic*al</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Epic</def>. -- <wordforms><wf>Ep"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Poems which have an <b>epical</b> character. <i>Brande & C.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled <b>epical</b>). <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epicardiac</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*car"di*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to the epicardium.</def>

<h1>Epicardium</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*car"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ heart.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.</def>

<h1>Epicarican</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*car"i*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, a shrimp.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.</def>

<h1>Epicarp</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"i*carp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Endocarp</er>.</def>

<h1>Epicede</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"i*cede</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epicedion</ets>, Gr. <?/ dirge, elegy, fr. <?/ funereal; <?/ + <?/ care, sorrow: cf. F. <ets>\'82pic\'8ade</ets>.]</ety> <def>A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Epicedial</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*ce"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Elegiac; funereal.</def>

<h1>Epicedian</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*ce"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Epicedial.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An epicede.</def></def2>

<h1>Epicedium</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*ce"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An epicede.</def>

<h1>Epicene</h1> <Xpage=500>