Part 3941

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Estrich</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"trich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Ostrich.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Massinger.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The down of the ostrich.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Estuance</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"tu*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>aestuans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>aestuare</ets>. See <er>Estuate</er>.]</ety> <def>Heat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Estuarine</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"tu*a*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.</def>

<h1>Estuary</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"tu*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Estuaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>aestuarium</ets>, from <ets>aestuare</ets> to surge. See <er>Estuate</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>\'91stuary</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.</def>

<blockquote>it to the sea was often by long and wide <b>estuaries</b>. <i>Dana.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Estuary</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"tu*a*ry</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; <as>as, <ex>estuary</ex> strata</as>.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<h1>Estuate</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"tu*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Estuated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Estuating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>aestuare</ets> to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr. <ets>aestus</ets> boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr.<?/ to burn. See <er>Ether</er>.]</ety> <def>To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Estuation</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es`tu*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aestuatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>estuations</b> of joys and fears. <i>W. Montagu.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Estufa</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es*tu"fa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Estufas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. <er>Stove</er>.]</ety> <def>An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.</def>