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<hw>Ep"i*sperm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ seed: cf. F. <ets>\'82pisperme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See <er>Testa</er>.</def>

<h1>Epispermic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*sper"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.</def>

<h1>Epispore</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*spore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The thickish outer coat of certain spores.</def>

<h1>Epistaxis</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*stax"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ to drop.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Bleeding at the nose.</def>

<h1>Epistemology</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis`te*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ knowledge + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.</def>

<h1>Episternal</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*ster"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the episternum.</def>

<h1>Episternum</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*ster"num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Episterna</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Epi-</er>, and <er>Sternum</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Epiplastron</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.</def>

<h1>Epistilbite</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*stil"bite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>stilbite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.</def>

<h1>Epistle</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>epistle</ets>, <ets>epistel</ets>, AS. <ets>epistol</ets>, <ets>pistol</ets>, L. <ets>epistola</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr. <?/ to send to, tell by letter or message; <?/ upon, to + <?/ to dispatch, send; cf. OF. <ets>epistle</ets>, <ets>epistre</ets>, F. <ets>\'82p\'8ctre</ets>. See <er>Stall</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.</def>

<blockquote>A madman's <b>epistles</b> are no gospels. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.</def>

<cs><col>Epistle side</col>, <cd>the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>One sees the pulpit on the <b>epistle side</b>. <i>R. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epistle</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"tle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Epistler</h1> <Xpage=501>