AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
ermine: a valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus mustela (m. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. it is found in the northern parts of asia, europe, and america. in summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.-the fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.-by metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.-one of the furs. see fur (her.)-to clothe with, or as with, ermine.
ern: alt. of erne-to stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [corrupted into yearn in modern editions of shakespeare.]
erne: a sea eagle, esp. the european white-tailed sea eagle (haliaeetus albicilla).
erode: to eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
eroded: of erode-eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.-having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
eros: love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of aphrodite, equivalent to the latin god cupid.
erose: irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.-jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.
erosion: the act or operation of eroding or eating away.-the state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
erosive: that erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.
erotesis: a figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -
erotical: of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.
err: to wander; to roam; to stray.-to deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.-to miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.-to deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.-to offend, as by erring.
errand: a special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
errant: wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.-notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.-journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.-one who wanders about.
errantia: a group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. see chaetopoda.
errantry: a wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.-the employment of a knight-errant.
erratic: having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.-deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.-irregular; changeable.-one who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.-a rogue.-any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.
erroneous: wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.-misleading; misled; mistaking.-containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.
error: a wandering; a roving or irregular course.-a wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.-a departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.-a moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.-the difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.-the difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.-the difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.-a mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.-a fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.
erse: a name sometimes given to that dialect of the celtic which is spoken in the highlands of scotland; -- called, by the highlanders, gaelic.-of or pertaining to the celtic race in the highlands of scotland, or to their language.
erthine: a medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.-causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
erubescency: the act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
eruca: an insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
erucic: pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous mediterranean herbs (eruca or brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.
erucifrom: having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae.
eructation: the act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.-a violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.
erudition: the act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
eruginous: partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; aeruginous.
erupt: to cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
eruption: the act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) a violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) a sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. milton. (c) a violent commotion.-that which bursts forth.-a violent exclamation; ejaculation.-the breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
eruptive: breaking out or bursting forth.-attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.-produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.-an eruptive rock.
ery: a dish of anything fried.-a state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.
eryngium: a genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
erysipelas: st. anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. it is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.
erythema: a disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
erythematic: characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.
erythrina: a genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.
erythrine: a colorless crystalline substance, c20h22o10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of rocella. it is a derivative of orsellinic acid. so called because of certain red compounds derived from it. called also erythric acid.-see erythrite, 2.
erythrite: a colorless crystalline substance, c4h6.(oh)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga protococcus vulgaris. it is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.-a rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.
erythrochroism: an unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.
erythrodextrin: a dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. see dextrin.
erythrogen: carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.-a substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.-a crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
erythrogranulose: a term applied by brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.
erythroid: of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).
erythroleic: having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.
erythronium: a name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
erythrophleine: a white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (erythrophleum guineense).
erythrophyllin: the red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.
erythrosin: a red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.-a red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine.
erythroxylon: a genus of shrubs or small trees of the flax family, growing in tropical countries. e. coca is the source of cocaine. see coca.
erythrozyme: a ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.
escalade: a furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.-to mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
escalop: a bivalve shell of the genus pecten. see scallop.-a regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. see scallop.-the figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the holy land.-a bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
escaloped: cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.-covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.
escambio: a license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.
escapade: the fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.-act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
escape: to flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.-to avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.-to flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.-to get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.-to get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.-the act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.-that which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.-a sally.-the unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.-an apophyge.-leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.-leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
escapement: the act of escaping; escape.-way of escape; vent.-the contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
escarp: the side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.-to make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
escarpment: a steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. see scarp.
eschar: a dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.-in ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. similar ridges in scotland are called kames or kams.
eschara: a genus of bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.
escharine: like, or pertaining to, the genus eschara, or family escharidae.
escharotic: serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic.-a substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.
eschatology: the doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.
escheat: the falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.-the reverting of real property to the state, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same.-a writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the   person in possession.-lands which fall to the lord or the state by escheat.-that which falls to one; a reversion or return-to revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the state, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.-to forfeit.
escheator: an officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
eschew: to shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.-to escape from; to avoid.
eschscholtzia: 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.
eschynite: 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.
escort: a body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.-protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.-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.
escot: see scot, a tax.-to pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain.
escribed: 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.
escritoire: a piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.
escroll: a scroll.-a long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.-in modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.
escrow: 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.
escuage: 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.
esculent: suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.-anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
esculic: pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.
esculin: a glucoside obtained from the aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
escurial: a palace and mausoleum of the kinds of spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of madrid.
escutcheon: 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.-a marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. it is esteemed an index of milking qualities.-that part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.-a thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.-the depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
escutcheoned: having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
esential: existence; being.-that which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.
esentially: in an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.
eserine: 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.
eskimo: one of a peculiar race inhabiting arctic america and greenland. in many respects the eskimos resemble the mongolian race.
esloin: to remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.
esnecy: a prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
esodic: conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. opposed to exodic.
esophagotomy: the operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.
esophagus: that part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. see illust. of digestive apparatus, under digestive.
esopian: of or pertaining to aesop, or in his manner.-alt. of esopic
esopic: same as aesopian.-same as aesopian, aesopic.
esoteric: designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. opposed to exoteric.
espadon: a long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
espalier: a railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.-to form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.
esparcet: the common sainfoin (onobrychis sativa), an old world leguminous forage plant.
esparto: a species of spanish grass (macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. it is also used for making paper.
espauliere: a defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette.
especial: distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.
especially: in an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
espial: the act of espying; notice; discovery.-one who espies; a spy; a scout.
espionage: 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.
esplanade: 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.-a grass plat; a lawn.-any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
esplees: 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.-the uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.
espouse: to betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.-to take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.-to take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
espouser: one who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
espringal: an engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.
espy: to catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.-to inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.-to look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.-a spy; a scout.
esquire: originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.-to wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
essay: an effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.-a composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.-an assay. see assay, n.-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.-to test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. see assay.
essence: the constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.-the constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.-constituent substance.-a being; esp., a purely spiritual being.-the predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.-perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.-to perfume; to scent.
essene: one of a sect among the jews in the time of our savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.