To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.

One who eschews.

The act of eschewing.

A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.

Escutcheon.

A kind of firearm; a carbine.

A palace and mausoleum of the kings of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid; called also escurial. It was erected in 1563-1584 and contains a monastery.

To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain.

See Squad,

See Scout.

Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.

A writing.

A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

Of or pertaining to an escritoire.

See Scrod, a young cod.

A scroll.

A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.

Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.

/sculapian.

Same as /sculapius.

Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.

A glucoside obtained from the /sculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.

same as Escorial.

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.

Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.

Ease; pleasure.

Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.

An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.

Sexless; asexual.

Guard.

See Eschar.

One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.

A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.

Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.

Esophageal.

Pertaining to the esophagus.

Esophageal.

The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.

That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

Same as /sopian.

Same as /sopian, /sopic.

An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy; esoterics. One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.

Esoteric.

In an esoteric manner.

Esoteric doctrine or principles.

Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to exotery.

A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.

Space.

A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.

a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part.

To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.

a rich beef stock with tomatoes and madeira and minced carrots and onions and celery.

The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant.

A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.

A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette.

In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.

The state of being especial.

Hope.

An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym /Dr. Esperanto/ in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. A revised and simplified form, called Ido was developed in 1907, but Esperanto remained at the end of the 20th century the most popular artificial language designed for normal human linguistic communication.

Espial.

The act of espying; notice; discovery.

One who espies.

A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.

The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like.

Espousal.

The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.

To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.

One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.

With expression.

An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.

Spirit.

A spy; a scout.

Same as Eskimo.

To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.

The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.

To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

One who essays.

A writer of an essay, or of essays.

To perfume; to scent.

One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.

The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes.

Existence; being.

The quality of being essential; the essential part.

In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.

Essentiality.

To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.

An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

To excuse for nonappearance in court.

An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.

Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.

East.

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with unestablished.

One who establishes.

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.

the doctrine or political position that advocates establishment of a church as the official state religion; -- applied especially to the Church of England.

A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.

A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

A caf/, or room in a caf/, in which smoking is allowed.

A grazing farm; a country house.

To establish.

Stately; dignified.

Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.

Worthy of esteem; estimable.

One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.

An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

Same as /sthesiometer.

An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.

Same as /sthete, /sthetic, /sthetical, /sthetics, etc.