Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEEs"tu·ance (?), n. [From L. aestuans, p. pr. of aestuare. See Estuate.] Heat. [Obs.] Es"tu·a·rine (?), a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary. Es"tu·a·ry (?), n.; pl. Estuaries (#). [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also æstuary.] 1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle. 2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Es"tu·a·ry, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell. Es"tu·ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Estuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estuating.] [L. aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr. aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr.? to burn. See Ether.] To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Bacon. Es`tu·a"tion (?), n. [L. aestuatio.] The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation. The estuations of joys and fears. Es·tu"fa (?), n.; pl. Estufas (#). [Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. Stove.] An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H. Morgan. Es"ture (?; 135), n. [See Estuate.] Commotion. [Obs.] Chapman. E·su"ri·ent (?), a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.] Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient." Carlyle. E·su"ri·ent, n. One who is hungry or greedy. [R.] |