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<hw>Es*carp"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Escarped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Escarping</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.</def>

<i>Carleton.</i>

<h1>Escarpment</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*carp"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>escarpement</ets>.]</ety> <def>A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See <er>Scarp</er>.</def>

<h1>-escent</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>-es"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From the ending <ets>-escens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, of the p. pr. of inchoative verbs in Latin.]</ety> <def>A suffix signifying <i>beginning</i>, <i>beginning to be</i>; <as>as, adol<ex>escent</ex>, efferv<ex>escent</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Eschalot</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Esch`a*lot"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Shallot</er>.</def>

<h1>Eschar</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"char</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eschara</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>eschare</ets>. See <er>Scar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.</def>

<h1>Eschar</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"char</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called <i>kames</i> or <i>kams</i>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eskar</asp> and <asp>esker</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Eschara</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"cha*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a grate, a pan of coals.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.</def>

<h1>Escharine</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"cha*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family <i>Escharid\'91</i>.</def>

<h1>Escharotic</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`cha*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ an eschar: cf. F. <ets>escharotique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar; caustic.</def>

<h1>Escharotic</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`cha*rot"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.</def>

<h1>Eschatological</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`cha*to*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the last or final things.</def>

<h1>Eschatology</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`cha*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the furthest, last + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.</def>

<h1>Eschaunge</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*chaunge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exchange.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Escheat</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*cheat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>eschete</ets>, <ets>escheyte</ets>, an escheat, fr. OF. <ets>escheit</ets>, <ets>escheoit</ets>, <ets>escheeite</ets>, <ets>esheoite</ets>, fr. <ets>escheoir</ets> (F. <ets>\'82choir</ets>) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. <ets>es-</ets> (L. <ets>ex</ets>) + <ets>cheoir</ets>, F. <ets>choir</ets>, to fall, fr. L. <ets>cadere</ets>. See <er>Chance</er>, and cf. <er>Cheat</er>.]</ety>