Part 3947

<blockquote>Go, heavenly guest, <b>ethereal</b> messenger. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures <b>ethereal</b>, human, angel, man. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; <as>as, <ex>ethereal</ex> salts</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Ethereal oil</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Essential oil</cref>, under <er>Essential</er>.</cd> -- <col>Ethereal oil of wine</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also <altname>heavy oil of wine</altname> (distinguished from <i>oil of wine<i>, or \'d2nanthic ether).</cd> -- <col>Ethereal salt</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.</cd></cs>

<h1>Etherealism</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*the"re*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ethereality.</def>

<h1>Ethereality</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*the`re*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being ethereal; etherealness.</def>

<blockquote>Something of that <b>ethereality</b> of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Etherealization</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*the`re*al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An ethereal or spiritlike state.</def>

<i>J. H. Stirling.</i>

<h1>Etherealize</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*the"re*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To render ethereal or spiritlike.</def>

<blockquote><b>Etherealized</b>, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ethereally</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E*the"re*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ethereal manner.</def>

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<h1>Etherealness</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E*the"re*al*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ethereality.</def>

<h1>Ethereous</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E*the"re*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>aethereus</ets>, Gr. <?/ See <er>Ether</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Formed of ether; ethereal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This <b>ethereous</b> mold whereon we stand. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, either.</def>

<cs><col>Ethereous oil</col>. <cd>See <cref>Ethereal oil</cref>, under <er>Ethereal</er>.</cd></cs>