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3121 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELISOR.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. In law, a sheriff’s substitute for returning a jury. When the sheriff is not an indifferent person, as when he is a party to a suit, or related by blood or …
3122 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELUSION.1 (Noah Webster)
ELUSION, n. s as z. [L. elusio. See Elude .] An escape by artifice or deception; evasion.
3123 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMBRASURE.1 (Noah Webster)
EMBRASURE, n. s as z.
3124 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMPOISON.1 (Noah Webster)
EMPOISON, v.t. s as z.
3125 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMPRISE.1 (Noah Webster)
EMPRISE, n. s as z. [Norm; em, en, and prise, from prendre, to take.] An undertaking; an enterprise.
3126 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMU.1 (Noah Webster)
EMU, n. A large fowl of S. America, with wings unfit for flight.
3127 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMU.2 (Noah Webster)
This name properly belongs to the Cassowary, but has been erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the Rhea or S. American ostrich.
3128 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENCRIMSON.1 (Noah Webster)
ENCRIMSON, v.t. s as z. To cover with a crimson color.
3129 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENTERPRISE.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. That which is undertaken, or attempted to be performed; an attempt; a project attempted; particularly, a bold, arduous or hazardous undertaking, either …
3130 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EPHESIAN.1 (Noah Webster)
EPHESIAN, a. s as z. Pertaining to Ephesus, in Asia Minor. As a noun, a native of Ephesus.
3131 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EQUIPOISE.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. [L. oequus, equal.] Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced. Hold the scales in equipoise …
3132 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ERASION.1 (Noah Webster)
ERASION, n. s as z. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
3133 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EROSION.1 (Noah Webster)
EROSION, n. s as z. [L. erosio.] The act or operation of eating away.
3134 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EVASION.1 (Noah Webster)
EVASION, n. s as z. [L. evasio, from evado, evasi. See Evade .]
3135 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCISABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
EXCISABLE, a. s as z. Liable or subject to excise; as, coffee is an excisable commodity.
3136 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCISE.1 (Noah Webster)
EXCISE, n. s as z. [L. excisum, cut off, from excido.]
3137 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCISE.3 (Noah Webster)
EXCISE, v.t. s as z. To lay or impose a duty on articles consumed, or in the hands of merchants, manufacturers and retailers; to levy an excise on.
3138 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCISION.1 (Noah Webster)
EXCISION, n. s as z. [L. excisio.] In surgery, a cutting out or cutting off any part of the body; extirpation; amputation.
3139 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCLUSION.1 (Noah Webster)
EXCLUSION, n. s as z. The act of excluding, or of thrusting out; ejection; as the exclusion of a fetus.
3140 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCUSABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
EXCUSABLE, a. s as z. [See Excuse .] That may be excused; pardonable; as, the man is excusable.