Edulcorant
(E*dul"co*rant), n. An edulcorant remedy.
Edulcorate
(E*dul"co*rate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edulcorated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.] [L. e out
+ dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.]
1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
Evelyn. 2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
Edulcoration
(E*dul`co*ra"tion) n. [Cf. F. édulcoration.]
1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.] Ure.
Edulcorative
(E*dul"co*ra*tive) a. Tending to weeten or purify by affusions of water.
Edulcorator
(E*dul"co*ra`tor) n. A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water,
etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.
Edulious
(E*du"li*ous) a. [L. edulis, fr. edere to eat.] Edible. [Obs.] "Edulious pulses." Sir T. Browne.
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ee
(-ee) [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -é, masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification,
to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a
right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.
Eek
(Eek, Eeke) , v. t. See Eke. [Obs.] Spenser.
Eel
(Eel) n. [AS. l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. all, Sw. ål.] (Zoöl.) An elongated fish of many
genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical
eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger
eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
Eelbuck
(Eel"buck`) n. An eelpot or eel basket.
Eelfare
(Eel"fare`) n. [Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zoöl.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]
Eelgrass
(Eel"grass`) n. (Bot.) A plant with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow
bays along the North Atlantic coast.
Eel-mother
(Eel"-moth`er) n. (Zoöl.) The eelpout.
Eelpot
(Eel"pot`) n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
Eelpout
(Eel"pout`) n. [AS. lepute.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European fish remarkable for producing living young; —
called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), —
called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little
value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
Eelspear
(Eel"spear`) n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
E'en
(E'en) adv. A contraction for even. See Even.
I have e'en done with you.
L'Estrange.
