Lexicon: eat – eclat

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eat (-s, ate), v. [OE ate.] (webplay: die, food, men, words). A To consume as food for bodily nourishment. !!poem!!328/359 he bit an Angle Worm in halves / And ate the fellow, raw

  1. To wear away.
  2. Consume as knowledge.

eaves, n. [OE efes, porch.] (webplay: falls, roof, windows).

  1. The overhang on a building which casts off the rain that falls on the roof.
  2. Cheeks of a face.

ebb (-s, -ed), v. [OE a-ebbian, to strand a ship.] (webplay: opposed).

To flow or move away form, like the ocean tide.

ebbing, verbal adj. [see ebb, v.] (webplay: flow).

Returning; turning; [fig.] changing.

ebon, adj. [OE hebenus.] (webplay: tawny).

A black, death.

eccentric, adj. [Gr. εκκετ ρος, out of center.]

Off-center; odd; untraditional.

eccentricity (-ies), n. [see eccentric, adj.] (webplay: common).

The state of being odd or uncommon.

echo (-es), n. [L. < Gr. 'sound'.]

Reflected sounds.

echoed, v.

Resounded. [see echo, n.]

eclat, n. [Fr. 'burst out'.] (webplay: renown).

Acclimation; splendor.