Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEAn insatiable esurient after riches. Es"u·rine (?), a. [See Esurient.] Causing hunger; eating; corroding. [Obs.] Wiseman. Es"u·rine, n. (Med.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger. [Obs.] -et (?). [F. -et, masc., -ette, fem. Cf. -let.] A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet. E·taac" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The blue buck. E"ta·cism (?), n. [Gr. ? the letter ?, ?. Cf. Itacism.] (Greek Gram.) The pronunciation of the Greek η (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism. E"ta·cist (?), n. One who favors etacism. É`ta`gère" (?), n. [F., fr. étager to arrange on shelves, fr. étage story, floor. See Stage.] A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt. Et"a·mine (?), n. [F. élamine.] A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting. É`tape" (?), n. [F. Cf. Staple a mart.] 1. A public storehouse. 2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.), the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day. 3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit. É`tat" Ma`jor" (?). [F., fr. état state + L. major greater.] (Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers. |