Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEEf·fu"sive (?), a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. -- Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef·fu"sive·ly, adv. -- Ef·fu"sive·ness, n. Ef"reet (?), n. See Afrit. Eft (?), n. [AS. efete lizard. See Newt.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European lizard of the genus Seps. (b) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus). Eft, adv. [AS. eft, æft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.] Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.] I wold never eft comen into the snare. Eft·soon" (?), Eft·soons" (?), adv. [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s?na soon. See Eft, and Soon.] Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. E·gad" (?), interj. [Euphemistic corruption of the oath, "by God."] An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc. E"gal (?), a. [F. égal. See Equal.] Equal; impartial. [Obs.] Shak. E·gal"i·ty (?), n. [OE. egalite, F. égalité.] Equality. Chaucer. Tennyson. E·ge"an (?), a. See Ægean. |