Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EN-CAMP'ED, pp.

Settled in tents or huts for lodging or temporary habitation.

EN-CAMP'ING, ppr.

Pitching tents or forming huts, for a temporary lodging or rest.

EN-CAMP'MENT, n.

1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. The place where an army or company is encamped; a camp: a regular order of tents or huts for the accommodation of an army or troop.

EN-CANK'ER, v.t.

To corrode; to canker. Shelton.

EN-CANK'ER-ED, pp.

Corroded.

EN-CANK'ER-ING, ppr.

Corroding.

EN-CASE, v. [See INCASE.]

EN-CAUS'TIC, a. [Gr. εν and καυστικος, caustic, from καιω, to burn.]

Pertaining to the art of enameling, and to painting in burnt wax. Encaustic painting, is a method in which wax is employed to give a gloss to colors. Encyc.

EN-CAUS'TIC, n.

1. Enamel or enameling.
2. The method of painting in burnt wax. Encyc.

EN-CAVE', v.t. [from cave.]

To hide in a cave or recess. Shak.

EN-CAV'ED, pp.

Hid in a cave.

EN-CAV'ING, ppr.

Hiding in a cave.

EN-CEINT', a.

In law, pregnant; with child. Blackstone.

EN-CEINT', n. [änsaint'; Fr. from enceindre; en and ceindre, L. cingo, to gird.]

In fortification, inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains. It is sometimes only flanked by round or square towers, which is called a Roman wall. Encyc.

EN-CEPH'A-LON, n.

The cerebrum, and sometimes the whole contents of the cranium.

EN-CHAFE', v.t. [en and chafe, Fr. chauffer.]

To chafe or fret; to provoke; to enrage; to irritate. [See Chafe.] Shak.

EN-CHAF'ED, pp.

Chafed; irritated; enraged.

EN-CHAF'ING, ppr.

Chafing; fretting; enraging.

EN-CHAIN, v.t. [Fr. enchaîner. See Chain.]

1. To fasten with a chain; to bind or hold in chains; to hold in bondage.
2. To hold fast; to restrain; to confine. Dryden.
3. To link together; to connect. Howell.

EN-CHAIN'ED, pp.

Fastened with a chain; held in bondage; held fast; restrained; confined.

EN-CHAIN'ING, ppr.

Making fast with a chain; binding; holding in chains; confining.

EN-CHANT', v.t. [Fr. enchanter; en and chanter, to sing; L. incanto; in and canto, to sing. See Chant and Cant.]

1. To practice sorcery or witchcraft on any thing; to give efficacy to any thing by songs of sorcery, or fascination. And now about the caldron sing, / Like elves and fairies in a ring, / Enchanting all that you put in. Shak.
2. To subdue by charms or spells. Sidney.
3. To delight to the highest degree; to charm; to ravish with pleasure; as, the description enchants me; we were enchanted with the music.

EN-CHANT'ED, pp.

1. Affected by sorcery; fascinated; subdued by charms; delighted beyond measure.
2. Inhabited or possessed by elves, witches, or other imaginary mischievous spirits; as, an enchanted castle.

EN-CHANT'ER, n.

1. One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; one who has spirits or demons at his command; one who practices enchantment, or pretends to perform surprising things by the agency of demons.
2. One who charms or delights. Enchanter's nightshade, the popular name of the Ciræa Lutetiana.

EN-CHANT'ING, ppr.

1. Affecting with sorcery, charms, or spells.
2. Delighting highly; ravishing with delight; charming.
3. adj. Charming; delighting; ravishing; as, an enchanting voice; an enchanting face. Simplicity in manners has an enchanting effect. Kames.