Part 3916

<hw><hw>E*ryth"ro*phyll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Er`y*throph"yl*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ red + <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Bot.)</fld> <def>The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.</def>

<h1>Erythrosin</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>E*ryth"ro*sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ red.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A red dyestuff obtained from fluoresce\'8bn by the action of iodine.</def>

<h1>Erythroxylon</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*throx"y*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ red + <?/ wood. So named from the red wood of some species.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. <spn>E. Coca</spn> is the source of cocaine. See <er>Coca</er>.</def>

<h1>Erythrozyme</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>E*ryth"ro*zyme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ red + <?/ leaven.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.</def>

<h1>Escalade</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es`ca*lade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., Sp. <ets>escalada</ets> (cf. It. <ets>scalata</ets>), fr. Sp. <ets>escalar</ets> to scale, LL. <ets>scalare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>scala</ets> ladder. See <er>Scale</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.</def>

<blockquote>Sin enters, not by <b>escalade</b>, but by cunning or treachery. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Escalade</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es`ca*lade"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Escaladed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Escalading</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; <as>as, to <ex>escalate</ex> a wall</as>.</def>

<h1>Escallop</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es*cal"lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Escalop</er>.</def>

<h1>Escalloped</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es*cal"loped</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Escaloped</er>.</def>

<h1>Escalop</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es*cal"op</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>escalope</ets> shell, F. <ets>escalope</ets> a sort of cut of meat. See <er>Scallop</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bivalve shell of the genus <spn>Pecten</spn>. See <er>Scallop</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See <er>Scallop</er>.</def> "So many jags or <i>escalops</i>."

<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.</def> Hence: <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.</def>

<h1>Escaloped</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Es*cal"oped</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.</def>

<cs><col>Escaloped oysters</col> <fld>(Cookery)</fld>. <cd>See under <er>Scalloped</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Escambio</h1> <Xpage=508>