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<cs><col>Essential character</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>the prominent characteristics which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from another.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Essential disease</col>, <col>Essential fever</col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>one that is not dependent on another.</cd> -- <col>Essential oils</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as <stype>lemon oil</stype> is a terpene, <stype>oil of bitter almonds</stype> an aldehyde, <stype>oil of wintergreen</stype> an ethereal salt, etc.; -- called also <altname>volatile oils</altname> in distinction from the <i>fixed<i> or <i>nonvolatile<i>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>E*sen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Existence; being.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is essential; first or constituent principle; <as>as, the <ex>essentials</ex> or religion</as>.</def>

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<hw>Es*sen`ti*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being essential; the essential part.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

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<hw>E*sen"tial*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; <as>as, <ex>essentially</ex> different</as>.</def>

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<hw>E*sen"tial*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Essentiality.</def>

<i>Ld. Digby.</i>

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<hw>Es*sen"ti*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Essentiated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Essentiating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To form or constitute the essence or being of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

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<hw>Es*sen"ti*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

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<hw><hw>Es*soin"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> &or; <hw>Es*soign</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>essoine</ets>, <ets>essoigne</ets>, F. <ets>exoine</ets>, L. <ets>essonia</ets>, <ets>exonia</ets>; pref. <ets>ex-</ets> (L. <ets>ex</ets> from) + <ets>sunnis</ets>, <ets>sunnia</ets>, <ets>sonia</ets>, hindrance, excuse. Cf. Icel. <ets>syn</ets> refusal, <ets>synja</ets> to deny, refuse, Goth. <ets>sunja</ets> truth, <ets>sunj&omac;n</ets> to justify, OS. <ets>sunnea</ets> impediment, OHG. <ets>sunna</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excuse; exemption.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>From every work he challenged <b>essoin</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Essoin day</col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins.</cd></cs>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

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