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<h1>Estovers</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es*to"vers</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>estoveir</ets>, <ets>estovoir</ets>, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See <er>Stover</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<cs><col>Common of estovers</col>. <cd>See under <er>Common</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Estrade</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es`trade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>estrado</ets>, orig., a carpet on the floor of a room, also, a carpeted platform, fr. L. <ets>stratum</ets> bed covering. See <er>Stratum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.</def>

<blockquote>He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted <b>estrade</b> or platform. <i>J. G. Fitch.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Estramacon</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es`tra`ma`con"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A blow with edge of a sword.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Estrange</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es*trange"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Estranged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Estranging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>estrangier</ets> to remove, F. <ets>\'82tranger</ets>, L. <ets>extraneare</ets> to treat as a stranger, from <ets>extraneus</ets> strange. See <er>Strange</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.</def>

<blockquote>We must <b>estrange</b> our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Had we . . . <b>estranged</b> ourselves from them in things indifferent. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.</def>

<blockquote>They . . . have <b>estranged</b> this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. <i>Jer. xix. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.</def>

<blockquote>I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has <b>estranged</b> him from me. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He . . . had pretended to be <b>estranged</b> from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Estrangedness</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es*tran"ged*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being estranged; estrangement.</def>

<i>Prynne.</i>

<h1>Estrangement</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es*trange"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>estrangement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.</def>