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Show EPSY. . /. [Eyrfhnxf/:@.] A eonvulfion ~ or convalfive motion of the whole body or fome of its parts, with a lofs of fenfe A convulfive motion happens when th ‘;Blgod, or neryou an int run fluid with {o great violence, that the min Quincy not reftrain them spar My lord is fell into an epilepfin Shakefpeare's Qthello Chisis ‘the fecond fit Melancholy diftempers are deduced from fpirit _drawn from that cachochymia; the phrenitis fro olerick fpirits, and the epilep/y from fumes Floyer on the Humoyrs pTICK. adj. [from epilepfy. ulfed; difeafed with an epilepfy plague upon your epileptick vifage' you my fpeeches, as I were a fool Con Shake/p epticks ought to breathe a pure air, unaffecte / {teams, even fuch as are very fragrant Arbuthnot on Diet S E. 7. /. {epilogus, Latin.] 'Th {peech at the end of a play no buih, 'ti "true that ‘good wine need a good play needs no epilogue; yet to goo 7 do uft good bufhes, and good plays prov by the help of good epilogues Shake/p re you mad, you dog nd fpeak the epilogue Dryden [!'mywc']t;. r of the eye for a inyélis is of the bignefs ofa lupin, of nd fometimes of a livid and pale colour nflammation and pain Wifeman's Surg . 7. fo [#m@arein.] ~ A ‘churc celebrated on the twelfth da iftmas, in commemoration of ou 's being manifefted to the world appearance of a miraculous blazin hich conduéted the magi to th where he was. ' ac Dict HONE'MA. 7. [. [im@dvape. An examation; aconclufive fentence not clofe connetted with the words foregoing I knowa gentleman, who made it a rule in readto {kip over all fentences where he {pied a not If thofe preachers wh iration at the end nd in epiphonemas would but look about them would find one part of ‘their congregation ou untenance and the other afleep, except perhap female beggar or two in the ifles; who,. i €, may probably groan at the found PHORA 7. /. [emi@opz, An inflamma " any part, but more efpecially t; efluxion of humours on the eyes. Harris adj. [from exi LOSPE'RMOUS orand owégpa.] Is applied to plant ar their {feed on the back part o So Harris Accretion . 7. f. [emiQuei. art added by accretion; one bon to another by fimple contiguity ut any proper articulation. Qwincy hyfis of the os femoris is a diftinét bon Th m itina child, whereas in a man they do enWifeman. Jo [emimaon] A figure o torick, by which one aggravation, o ng circumftance, is added in du %ra ation to another; as, he not only fpare Prefacy itfelf cannot be proved by prefeription fince ¢pifcopacy is not preferibed by any time whatfoever Agv/{fli‘ Th plot of difcipline fought to ereft a popula Eri'scorar. ady. [from epifcopus, Latin. 1. Belonging to a bifhop authority of elders, and to take away. epifcopal juHooker rifdi¢tion 2, Vefted in a bifhop The apoftle commands Titus not only to be pattern of good works himfelf, but to ufe his epi/ copal authority in exhorting every rank and orde Rogers of men Eri'scorate n /. [gifm_;mim, Latin.] bithoprick; the o ce and dignity of a bifhop fo E'PISODE narrative An incidenta 7. /. [emiceds fepa in a poem or digreflio rable from the main fubje, yet rifin naturally from it Th poe hath no other epifode a fuc tha naturally arife fromithe fubject. Addifon's Speélator Eriso'prcav. | adj. [from epifode.] Contained in an epifode; perEr1so''p1ck taining to an epifode Epifodical ornaments, fuch as defcription an narrations, were delivered to us from the obferyation Dryden of Ariftotle I difcover the difference between the epifodick an principal alion, as well as the nature of epifodes WNotes on the Odyffey ErispalsTick. 7. /. [¥5and orde. fre to be folicited to th lowe parts, by fomentations bathing S iRering epifpaticks b an EPI'STLE. . /. [#misom.] A letter. Thi ‘word is feldom ufed but in poetry, or o occafions of dignity and folemnity When loofe epifi/es violate chafte eyes She half confents, who filently denies Dryden Ep1y'sTOLARY. adj. [from epiftle. 1. Relating to letters; fuitable to letters 2. 'Tranfacted by letters - I {hall carty on an epifiolary correfpondence be tween the two heads Addifon Epr'sTLER. % [ [from epifile.] A ferib ‘bler of letters An inferip E'viTaPH. 7 f. [##ia@ios tion upon a tomb Shakefpeare ~ Live ftill, and write mine epitaph Some thy lov'd duft in Parian ftones enfhrine Others immortal epitaphs defign With wit and firength, that only yields to thine EriTHALA'MIUM Smith [l SdaaepG. 7 A nuptial fong; a compliment upon mar riage. 1 prefume to invite you to thefe facred nuptials the epithalamium fung by a crowned mufe. Sazdys - The forty-fifth pfalm is an epithalamium to Chrif __and the church, or to the lamb and his fpoufe. Burnzt EriTHEM 7. [, [emidnpe. A liguid me dicament externally applied Epithems or cordia applications are juftly ap plicd unto the left breaft. ' Brown's Fulgar Ervours Cordials and epithems are alfo neceflary, to refif the putrefaction and ftrengthen the vitals, /7i/zman EP1THET. . f. [#wiSero.] = is ene mies, but continued them in employ- | 1. An adje@ive denoting any quality goo ment; not only continned, but advanced them &‘E?;;'SCOPA'CY. ne Jo |epifeopatus, Latin. ‘The government of bifthops, the government of the church eftablifhed by th ~apoftles - The bifhops durft not conteft with the affembly i - Jutifdiction; fo that there was little more than th Aame of epifcopacy preferved Clarcndon or bad : as, the werdant grove, the crage mountain's /ofzy head I affirm with phlegm, leaving the epithers of falfe {candalous and villainous 2, It is ufed b to t}le author Swift fome writers improperl for witle, name The epithet of fhade belonged more properly t clean.sh data import.tsv out README the darknsfs than the refigfhment 3. Tt is ufed impropetly for phrafz, expreffion For which of m love for me parts di goo Decay of Dicty you firft fufte Suffer love! a good epither : 1 do fuffer love indeed Shakefpeare for 1 love thee againft my will Abridgement EPI'TOME. . /. [émiroun. abbreviature; compendious abftratt; com pendium This is a poor epitome of your's Which, by th' interpretation of full time Shakefp. Corislanus May thew like all yourfelf Epitomes are helpful to the memory, and of goo private ufe; but fet forth for publick monuments accufe the induftrious writers of delivering muc Wottorn impertinency 1t would be well, if there were a fhort and plai epitome made, containing the moft material heads Locke Sueh abftradts and epitomes may be reviewed i their proper places. Watts's Improvem. of the Mind 9% E'p1ToMISE. v. @ [from epitome. 1. To abftratt; to contract into a narro {pace Who did the whole world's foul contraét, and drov Into the glaffes of your eyes So made fuch mirrours and fuc fpies Donse That they did all to you epitomife If the ladies take a liking to fuch a diminutiv race, we fhould fec mankind epitomized, and th Addifon whole fpecies in miniature 2. Lefs properly, t diminifh by amputa to curtail tion hav W particular words epitomized man t Addifon's Speéiator the detriment of our tongue 1. Drawing 2. Bliftering. 'This is now the mor queat, though lefs proper fenfe This matter ough F Ert'romIsERr. | # [ [from epitomife.] A abridger; an abftralter Eri'rom1sT a writer of epitomes 1z f. [iwoxn. E'rocH 'The time a which a new computatio Ero'cHA is begun; the time from which dates ar numbered Mofes dittin&ly computes by certain intervals memorable xras and epochas, or terms of time Thef of the world are the practice Browrs fince th year fixty; the grand epoch of falthood, as well a South debauchery Some lazy ages, loft in fleep and eafe No a&ion leave to bufy chronicles Such whofe fupine felicity but make In ftory chafms in epochas miftakes Dryden the flood from the firf Their {everal epochas or beginnings, as from th creatio of th worl fro olympiad, from the building of Rome or from an remarkable paffage oraccident, give us a pleafan profpe& into the hiftories of antiquity and of forme Holder on Time ages Time is always reckoned from fome known part of this fenfible world and from fome certai epoch marked out to us by the motions obfervable in i Locke Fime, by neceffity compell'd, fhall g Through fcenes of war, and e¢pochas of woe. Priot Ero'pE. 7. f. [2720@-.] The ftanza following the ftrophe anc-antiftrophe Eroprt's. 2. /. [émomei.] An epick or heroick poem Tragedy borrows from the epopee, and that whic borrows is of lefs dignity, becaufe it has not of it Dryd. Virg own Ervra'rion quet . £ [epulatio, Latin. Ban feaft Contented with bread and water, when he woul with Jove din an pretende to epulation he de fired no other addition than a piece of cheefe Brewn's Vulgar Errours Eruro'rick. n. f. [érovrdsiz®~. catrifing medicament A <i The ulcer, incarned with common farcoticks, an the ulcerations about it, wer tuty and fuch like epuloticks cured by oinfment o Wifeman of Inflan Equasi'Liry. ». /. [from equable.] Equa lity to itfelf ; evennefs ; uniformity 45 Ee |