Part 3948

<h1>Etherification</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E*ther`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.</def>

<h1>Etheriform</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E*ther"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ether</ets> + <ets>form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of ether.</def>

<h1>Etherin</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E"ther*in</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also <altname>concrete oil of wine</altname>.</def>

<h1>Etherization</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E`ther*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The administration of ether to produce insensibility.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The state of the system under the influence of ether.</def>

<h1>Etherize</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E"ther*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Etherized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Etherizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82th\'82riser</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To convert into ether.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; <as>as, to <ex>etherize</ex> a patient</as>.</def>

<h1>Etherol</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E"ther*ol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ether</ets> + L. <ets>ol</ets>eum oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.</def>

<h1>Ethic, Ethical</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eth"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Eth"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ethicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to <?/ custom, Goth. <ets>sidus</ets>, G. <ets>sitte</ets>, Skr. <ets>svadh<?/</ets>, prob. orig., one's own doing; <ets>sva</ets> self + <ets>dh<?/</ets> to set: cf. F. <ets>\'82thique</ets>. See <er>So</er>, <er>Do</er>.]</ety> <def>Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; <as>as, <ex>ethic</ex> discourses or epistles; an <ex>ethical</ex> system; <ex>ethical</ex> philosophy.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>ethical</b> meaning of the miracles. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ethical dative</col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid <i>mihi<i> Celsus agit? How does <i>my friend<i> Celsus do?</cd></cs>

<h1>Ethically</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.</def>

<h1>Ethicist</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"i*cist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.</def>

<h1>Ethics</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82thique</ets>. See <er>Ethic</er>.]</ety> <def>The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; <as>as, political or social <ex>ethics</ex>; medical <ex>ethics</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the <b>ethics</b> which the Bible has taught. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ethide</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; <as>as, potassium <ex>ethide</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Ethidene</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"i*dene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Ether</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Ethylidene.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>