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<h1>Ethine</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Acetylene.</def>

<h1>Ethionic</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth`i*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Eth</ets>yl + <ets>thionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.</def>

<cs><col>Ethionic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ethiop, Ethiopian</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>E"thi*op</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E`thi*o"pi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Aethiops</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ to burn + <?/ face.]</ety> <def>A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.</def>

<h1>Ethiopian, Ethiopic</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>E`thi*o"pi*an</hw>, <hw>E`thi*op"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.</def>

<h1>Ethiopic</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E`thi*op"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called <altname>Geez</altname>.</def>

<h1>Ethiops</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>E"thi*ops</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ethiop</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>\'92thiops</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Ethiops martial</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>black oxide of iron.</cd> -- <col>Ethiops mineral</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur.</cd> -- <col>Ethiops per se</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ethmoid, Ethmoidal</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw><hw>Eth"moid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Eth*moid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ like a sieve; <?/ sieve + <?/ from: cf. F. <ets>ethmo\'8bde</ets>, <ets>ethmo\'8bdal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Like a sieve; cribriform.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.</def>

<cs><col>Ethmoid bone</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ethmoid</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"moid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The ethmoid bone.</def>

<h1>Ethmotrubinal</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth`mo*tru"bi*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ethm</ets>oid + <ets>turbinal</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Turbinal</er>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An ethmoturbinal bone.</def></def2>

<h1>Ethmovomerine</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth`mo*vo"mer*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ethm</ets>oid + <ets>vomerine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.</def>

<cs><col>Ethmovomerine plate</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ethnarch</h1> <Xpage=513>

<hw>Eth"narch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ nation + <?/ leader, commander. See <er>-arch</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The governor of a province or people.</def>

<i>Lew Wallace.</i>

<h1>Ethnarchy</h1> <Xpage=513>

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