Part 3942

<i>L. H. Morgan.</i>

<h1>Esture</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Estuate</er>.]</ety> <def>Commotion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Esurient</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*su"ri*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>esuriens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>ensurire</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to eat.]</ety> <def>Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Bailey</i>. "Poor, but <i>esurient</i>."

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Esurient</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*su"ri*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is hungry or greedy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>An insatiable <b>esurient</b> after riches. <i>Wood.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Esurine</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"u*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Esurient</er>.]</ety> <def>Causing hunger; eating; corroding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Esurine</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Es"u*rine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>-et</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>-et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>-et</ets>, masc., <ets>-ette</ets>, fem. Cf. <er>-let</er>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baron<i>et</i>, pock<i>et</i>, fac<i>et</i>, flower<i>et</i>, latch<i>et</i>.</def>

<h1>Etaac</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*taac"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The blue buck.</def>

<h1>Etacism</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E"ta*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the letter <?/, <?/. Cf. <er>Itacism</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Greek Gram.)</fld> <def>The pronunciation of the Greek &eta; (eta) like the Italian <it>e</it> long, that is like <it>a</it> in the English word <it>ate.</it> See <er>Itacism</er>.</def>

<h1>Etacist</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E"ta*cist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors etacism.</def>

<h1>\'90tag\'8are</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>\'90`ta`g\'8are"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>\'82tager</ets> to arrange on shelves, fr. <ets>\'82tage</ets> story, floor. See <er>Stage</er>.]</ety> <def>A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>\'90tat Major</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>\'90`tat" Ma`jor"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., fr. <ets>\'82tat</ets> state + L. <ets>major</ets> greater.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.</def>