| english | 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognised, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognised, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English. 3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. The type called English. 4. A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, or Queen's, English. See King. Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond See Corno Inglese. English walnut. <botany> See Walnut. Origin: AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| English disease | An obsolete term for rickets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| English position | A position to facilitate a vaginal examination, the patient lying on the side with the under arm behind the back, the thighs flexed, the upper one more than the lower. Synonym: English position, lateral recumbent position, semiprone position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| English rhinoplasty | Rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the cheek. (05 Mar 2000) |
| English sweating disease | A disease of unknown nature that appeared in England and spread over Europe in 1485, 1508 and 1528-30 and was characterised by heavy sweats, prostration, and a high fatality rate. Synonym: sudor anglicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| englishwoman | Fem. Of Englishman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| englobe | To take in by a spheroidal body; said of the ingestion of bacteria and other foreign bodies by the phagocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| englobement | The process of inclusion by a spheroidal body, such as by a phagocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| engore | 1. To gore; to pierce; to lacerate. "Deadly engored of a great wild boar." (Spenser) 2. To make bloody. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engorged | 1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts. 2. <medicine> Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engorgement | 1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting. 2. <medicine> An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. 3. <chemistry> The clogging of a blast furnace. Origin: Cf. F. Engorgement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engraftment | <haematology, oncology> When bone marrow infused during a bone marrow transplant takes or is accepted by the patient and begins producing blood cells. (16 Dec 1997) |
| engrailed | <molecular biology> A Drosophila gene that controls segmental polarity. It is the archetype for one of three subfamilies of homeobox containing genes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| engrailment | 1. The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. 2. Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engrain | 1. To dye in grain, or of a fast colour. See Ingrain. "Leaves engrained in lusty green." (Spenser) 2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain. "The stain hath become engrained by time." (Sir W. Scott) 3. To colour in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain. Origin: Pref. En- + grain. Cf. Ingrain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |