Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 3
Easily (adv.) Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. -- Sir W. Temple.
Easily (adv.) Readily; without reluctance; willingly.
Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. -- Prior.
Easily (adv.) Smoothly; quietly;
gently; gracefully; without tumult or discord.
Easily (adv.) Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.
Easily (adv.) With ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'); "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy" [syn: easily, easy].
Easily (adv.) Without question; "easily the best book she's written".
Easily (adv.) Indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us" [syn: well, easily].
Easiness (n.) The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.
Easiness (n.) Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.
Easiness (n.) Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.
Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness. -- South.
Easiness (n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.
With painful care, but seeming easiness. -- Roscommon.
Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
Easiness (n.) A feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping" [syn: easiness, relaxation].
Easiness (n.) Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness, difficulty].
Easiness (n.) The quality of being easy in behavior or style; "there was an easiness between them"; "a natural easiness of manner".
East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.
The east began kindle. -- E. Everett.
East (n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.
The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. -- Milton.
East (n.) (U. S. Hist. and
Geog.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the
East by north, East by south, according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4 [deg] to the north or south, respectively, of the point due east.
East-northeast, East-southeast, that which lies 221/2 [deg] to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See Illust. of Compass.
East (a.) Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.
East (a.) (Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of a cathedral.
East (adv.) Eastward.
East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
East (adv.) To, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several miles"; "located east of Rome".
East (a.) Situated in or facing or moving toward the east [ant: west].
East (n.) The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E].
East (n.) The countries of Asia [syn: East, Orient].
East (n.) The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River [syn: East, eastern United States].
East (n.) The direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point.
East (n.) A location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city.
EAST, () A Eureka project developing a software engineering platform. (1994-12-07)
East, () The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais (Zech. 8:7).
East, () Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is before or in front of another; the rendering of the word kedem_. In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked with his face toward the east. The word _kedem_ is used when the four quarters of the world are described (Gen. 13:14; 28:14); and _mizrah_ when the east only is distinguished from the west (Josh. 11:3; Ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.). In Gen. 25:6 "eastward" is literally "unto the land of kedem;" i.e., the lands lying east of Palestine, namely, Arabia, Mesopotamia, etc.
Compare: Movable
Movable (a.) Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture;
susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. [Also spelled moveable.]
Syn: transferable, transferrable, transportable.
Movable (a.) Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.
Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), A letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), A holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter.
Easter (n.) An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask.
Easter (n.) The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
Note: Easter is used either adjectively or as the first element of a compound; as, Easter day or Easter-day, Easter Sunday, Easter week, Easter gifts, Easter eggs.
Sundays by thee more glorious break, An Easter day in every week. -- Keble.
Note: Easter day, on which the rest of the movable feasts depend, is always the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the calendar moon which (fourteenth day) falls on, or next after, the 21st of March, according to the rules laid down for the construction of the calendar; so that if the fourteenth day happen on a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. -- Eng. Cyc.
Easter dues (Ch. of Eng.), Money due to the clergy at Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for personal labor and subject to exaction. For Easter dues, Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted.
Easter egg. (a) A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter.
Easter egg. (b) An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry or the like, used as an Easter present.
Easter (v. i.) (Naut.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. -- Russell.
Easter (n.) A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
Easter (n.) A wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly].
Easter, () Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occured at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha (the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word "passover" was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Act 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, "passover," is always used.
Easterling (n.) A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.
Easterling (n.) A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.
Easterling (n.) The smew.
Easterling (a.) Relating to the
money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See
Easterly (a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
Easterly (a.) Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
Easterly (adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
Eastern (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
Eastern (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
Easterner (n.) 美國東部居民；居住在東部或東方的人 An inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the eastern U. S..
Easterner (n.) An inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S..
Easterner (n.) [ C ] 東方人，亞洲人 A person who comes from a country in Asia.
// He said that Americans need to understand the East, and Easterners need to understand the West.
Easterner (n.) （尤指美國）東部人 A person who comes from the east of a country, especially the US.
// It's a popular ski resort with easterners.
Easternmost (a.) Most eastern.
East Indian () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
East Indian (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
Easting (n.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
East-insular (a.) Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.
Eastward (adv.) Alt. of Eastwards
Eastwards (adv.) Toward the east;
in the direction of east from some point or place; as,
Easy (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
Easy (v. t.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.
Easy (v. t.) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.
Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.
Easy (v. t.) Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.
Easy (v. t.) Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.
Easy (v. t.) Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
Easy (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.
Easy (v. t.) Moderate; sparing; frugal.
Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.
Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.
Easy-going (a.) Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.
Ate (imp.) of Eat
Eat () of Eat
Eaten (p. p.) of Eat
Eat () of Eat
Eating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eat
Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
Eat (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.
Eat (v. i.) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
Eat (v. i.) To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
Eat (v. i.) To make one's way slowly.
Eatable (a.) Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.
Eatable (n.) Something fit to be eaten.
Eatage (n.) Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
Eater (n.) One who, or that which, eats.
Eath (a. & adv.) Easy or easily.
Eating (n.) The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.
Eating (n.) Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.
Eau
de Cologne ()
Same as
Eau de vie () French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitae, under Aqua.
Eavedrop (n.) A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop.
Eaves (n. pl.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.
Eaves (n. pl.) Brow; ridge.
Eaves (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.
Eavesdrop (v. i.) To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.
Eavesdrop (n.) The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.
Eavesdropper (n.) One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.
Eavesdropping (n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.
Ebb (n.) The European bunting.
Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.
Ebb (n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
Ebbed (imp. & p. p.) of Ebb
Ebbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ebb
Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.
Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Ebb (v. t.) To cause to flow back.
Ebb (a.) Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
Ebb tide () The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.
Ebionite (n.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.
Ebionitism (n.) The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
Eblanin (n.) See Pyroxanthin.
Eblis (n.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.
Ebon (a.) Consisting of ebony.
Ebon (a.) Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.
Ebon (n.) Ebony.
Ebonist (n.) One who works in ebony.
Ebonite (n.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.
Ebonized (imp. & p. p.) of Ebonize
Ebonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ebonize
Ebonize (v. t.) To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.
Ebonies (n. pl. ) of Ebony
Ebony (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
Ebony (a.) Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.
Ebracteate (a.) (Bot.) 【植】無苞的 Without bracts.
Ebracteate (a.) Without bracts [ant: {bracteate}, {bracted}].
Ebracteolate (a.) (Bot.) 【植】無小包葉的Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.