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<h1>Euripus</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu*ri"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ well + <?/ a rushing motion.]</ety> <def>A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eub\'91a and B\'91otia. Hence, a flux and reflux.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Euritte</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu"ritte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>eurite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See <er>Felsite</er>.</def>

<h1>Euritic</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu*rit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pelating to eurite.</def>

<h1>Euroclydon</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu*roc"ly*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ the southeast wind + <?/ wave, billow; according to another reading, <?/, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Yulgate <ets>Euro-aquilo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See <er>Levanter</er>.</def>

<blockquote>A tempestuous wind called <b>Euroclydon</b>. <i>Acts xxvii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<h1>European</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu`ro*pe"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>europeaus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. Gr. <?/ (L. <ets>europa</ets>.)]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.</def>

<cs><col>On the European plain</col>, <cd>having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. <mark>[U. S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>European</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu`ro*pe"an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or an inhabitant of Europe.</def>

<h1>Europeanize</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu`ro*pe"an*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.</def>

<blockquote>A state of society . . . changed and <b>Europenized</b>. <i>Lubbock.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eurus</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>The east wind.</def>

<h1>Euryale</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu*ry"a*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Euryale</ets>, one of the Gorgons.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (<spn>E. ferox</spn>) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.</def>

<h1>Euryalida</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu`ry*al"i*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See <er>Astrophyton</er>.</def>

<h1>Eurycerous</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Eu*ryc"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ broad + <?/ horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having broad horns.</def>

<h1>Eurypteroid</h1> <Xpage=515>

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