Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

'Em (?). An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. Addison.

Em (?), n. (Print.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

Em-. A prefix. See En-.

E·mac"er·ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.

E·mac`er·a"tion (?), n. Emaciation. [Obs.]

E·ma"ci·ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

E·ma"ci·ate, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

E·ma"ci·ate (?), a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

E·ma`ci·a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. émaciation.]

1. The act of making very lean.

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

E·mac"u·late (?), v. t. [L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate.] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.

E·mac`u·la"tion (?), n. The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

E`mail` om`brant" (?). [F., shaded enamel.] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.