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Show E EA EA Has two founds; long, as fcéne, an thort, a ) quen guage; fo reft in th but has th E 1s the moft fre men vowel in the Englifh lanit not only is ufed like th beginning or end of words peculiar quality of lengthen ing the foregoing vowel, as, cin, cane mdn, mine; gap, gape; glid, glide; bréd bride; chin, chine; awip., aipe; thin thine; nid, nide; tin, tine; plim, plime Yet it fometimes occurs final, where ye the foregoing vowel is not lengthened Ancientl as gine, knowlédge, ¢dge, give almoft every word ended with e, as fo tan, canne; for year, yeare; for great greate; for need, neede; for flock, flacke 1t is probable that this e final had at firf a foft found lik the female ¢ of th and that afterwards it wa French i poetry either mute or vocal, as the verf required, 'till at laft it became univer fally filent Ea has the found of ¢ long: the ¢ is commonly lengthened rather by the imme diate addition of & than by the appofitio of e to the end of the word; as méz mean; [¢l, feal; mér, mzat; nét, neat EacH. pron. [elc, Saxon Scottifh, elch, Dutch; ik 1. Either of two Though your orbs of difPrent greatnefs be Yet both are for each other's ufe difpos'd His to inclofe, and your's to be inclos'd 2, Every one of any number 13 rare, except in poetry Dryden 'This fenf Th' invention all admir'd, and each how h To be th? inventer mifs'd Milton Let eac i His adamantine coat gird well, and eac EA Fit well his helm Milton By hunger, that each other creature tames ‘Thou art not to be harm'd, therefore not mov'd Thy temperance invincible befides Milton's Par. Reg _ Wife Plato faid, the world with men was ftor'd ‘That fuccour each to other might afford Denbain ¥o EacH the correfpondent word is other aigre Saxon [eagop odj EA'GER French. 1. Strack with defire; ardently wifhing defirous keenl i vehemen defire hotly longing Of a&ion eager, and intent of thought The chiefs your honourable danger fought Dryden's Ovid Eager toread the reft, Achatescame. Dryden'sin With joy th' ambitious youth his mother heard And, eager, for the journey, foon prepar'd He longs the world beneath him to furvey To guide the chariot, and to give the day Dryden and eager on his blifs Love inflam'd Addifon's Ovid Smother'd her words 2. It is ufed fometimes with of; fometime with for, fometimes with oz or afier be fore the thing fought 3. Hot of difpofition; vehement impetuous ardent Apt as well to quicken the fpirits as to allay tha Hooker which is too eager No clamour do the eage of difputant yiel moz= relief to eclipfed truth, than did the foundin brafs of old to the labouring moon Glanville's Scepfis Imperfe@ zeal is hot and eager, without know Spratt ledge Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes, Dryder A man, charged with a crime of which he think himfelf innocent, is apt to be too eager iz his ow ? Dryden defence eafily put in action bufy 4+ Quick His Numidian geniu Ts well difpos'd to mifchief, were he promp And eager o it; but he muft be fpurr'd, Addif. Cato 5. Sharp fower acid With a fudden vigour it doth pofle And curd, like eqger droppings into milk Shake/p. Hamlet The thin and wholefome blood 6. Keen fevere biting The air bites threwdly; it is very cold -1It is a nipping and an eager air. Shakefp. Hamlet The flefh (hrinketh, but the bonk refifteth, where by the cold becometh more eager Bacon's Natural Hiffory 7. Brittle; inflexible; not du¢tile word of artificers Gold will be fometime fo eager A can as artifts cal it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glaf Locke itfelf eager [fro adv RLY Ea'c whether it be ufed of two, or of a greatimwit e defi o u ard grea Wit 1 er number n nati ofi pet o incl *Tis faid they eat each others Shakefp. Macbeth. faft and eagerly did me Let each eftcem orher better than themfelves Lovelieft of women Phil. ii. 3 heaven is in thy foul Beauty and virtue fhine for ever round thee Bright'ning each other! Thou artall divine EAp i o p Addifon's Cato [@d. ed.] in the compound, and eadi the fimple names, denotes happinefs bleflednefs. Thus Eadward is a happreferver; Eadulph, happy affiftance Eadgar happ conqueror power whic Eaduwin Macariu happ Eupolemus Faufla, Fortunatus, Felicianus, &c. do i fome meafure refemble Ead may alf in {fome cafes be derived from the Saxo cath, which fignifies eafy, gentle, mild Gib, Camden Ver, I To the holy war ho go, when the prieft perfuaded them that whofoeve South died in that expedition was a martyr How eager/y he flew, when Europe's fat Stepney Did for the feed of future altions wait 2. Ardently hotly Brutus gave the word too early Who having fome advantage on O¢tavius Took it too eagerly; his foldiers fell to fpoil Whilft we by Anthony were all inclos'd Shake/p 3. Keenly; fharply Abundance of rain froze fo eagerly as it fell that it feemed the depth of winter had of a fudde Knolles's Hiffory of the Turks been come in EA'GERNESS 1. Keennef 7. /o [from eager. of defire ardour of inclina tion She knew her diftance, and did angle for me Madding -my eagernefs with her reftraint Shake/p Have you not feen; when whiftled from thie fiff Some faulcon ftoop'd at what her eye defign'd Dryder And, with her eagernefs, the quarry mifs'd afte The eagernefs and ftrong bent of the min knowledge, if not warily regulated drance to it is often an hinLocke Detradtion and obloquy are received with a much eagérnefs as wit and humour Addifor's Frecholder Juba lives to catc That dear embrace, and to return it too With mutual warmth and eagerne/s of love Addifon's Cato His continued application to publick affairs diverts him from thofe pleafures, which are purfue with eagernefs by princes who have not the public Addifon fo much at heart The things of this world, with whatever eager #efs they engage our purfuit, leave us ftill empt Rogers and unfatisfied with their fruition 2. Impetuofity ; vehemence violence It finds them in the eagernefs and height of thei devotion; they are fpeechlefs for the time that i continues, and proftrate and dead when it departs Dryder 1'1 kill thee with fuch eagernc/s of hafte As fiends, let loofe, would lay all nature wafte Drydest EA'GLE. #. /. [aigle, French ting ealler, Erfe. aguila, La 1. A bird of prey, which, as it is reported renews its age when it grows old. It i alfo faid not to drink at all, like othe It is given out birds with fharp claws that when an eagle fees its young fo wel grown as to venture upon flying, it hovers over their neft, and excites them t imitate it, and take their flight; an when it fees them weary, or fearful, i Eagles ar takes them upon its back faid to be extremely fharp-fighted, and when they take flight, fpring perpendicularly upward, with their eyes fteadil Calmet fixed upon the fun Draw forth the moniters of th' abyfs profound Pope Or fetch th' aerial ezgle to the ground 2. The ftandard of the ancient Romans Arts ftill follow'd where Rome's eag/es flew. Pope EA'GLE-EYED. adj. [from eagle and ¢yed. Sharp-fighted as an eagle As he was quick and perfpicacious, fo was h inwardly eagle-eyed, and verfed in ths humours o his fubjects Howel Ev'ry one is ecagle-eyed to fe Another's faults and his deformity Ea'cLESPEED 7. [ [eagl Dryden and fpeed. Swiftnefs like that of an eagle Abrupt, with eaglefpeed fhe cut the fky Inftant invifible to mortal eye Pope Ea'cLesToNE. #. /o A ftone faid to b found at the entrance of the holes i which th eagle mak their nefts an aftirmed to have a particular virtue in de fending the eagle's neft from thunder Th Calnet eaglefione contains, in a cavity within it a fmall loofe ftone which rattles when it is fhake and every foffil, with a nucleu the name The analog containing another withi writer expref it, pregnan in it, has obtaine between a ftone, thu it, or, as the fancifu wit another an woman big with child, led people to imagine tha 4 i |
