Chapter Egotist to Ejoo of E by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Eighthly
(Eighth"ly), adv. As the eighth in order.

Eightieth
(Eight"i*eth) a. [From Eighty.]

1. The next in order after seventy-ninth.

2. Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.

Eightieth
(Eight"i*eth), n. The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.

Eightling
(Eight"ling) n. [Eight + - ling.] (Crystallog.) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.

Eightscore
(Eight"score`) a. & n. Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

Eighty
(Eight"y) a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.] Eight times ten; fourscore.

Eighty
(Eight"y), n.

1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

Eigne
(Eigne) a. [OF. aisné, ainsné, F. aîné, fr. L. ante natus born before. Cf. Esnecy.]

1. (Law) Eldest; firstborn. Blackstone.

2. Entailed; belonging to the eldest son. [Obs.]

Bastard eigne, a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.

Eiking
(Eik"ing) n. (Naut.) See Eking.

Eikon
(||Ei"kon) n. [NL., fr. Gr. e'ikw`n.] An image or effigy; — used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

Eikosane
(Ei"ko*sane) n. [Gr. e'i`kosi.] (Chem.) A solid hydrocarbon, C₂₀H₄₂, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

Eikosylene
(Ei*kos"y*lene) n. [Gr. e'i`kosi twenty + acetylene.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C₂₀H₃₈, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.

Eild
(Eild) n. [See Eld.] Age. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Eire
(Eire) n. Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eirenarch
(Ei`re*narch) n. [See Irenarch.] (Gr. Antiq.) A justice of the peace; irenarch.

Eirenic
(Ei*ren"ic) a. Pacific. See Irenic.

Eirie
(Ei"rie) n. See Aerie, and Eyrie.

Eisel
(Ei"sel) n. [OF. aisil, aissil, fr. L. acetum. Cf. Acetic.] Vinegar; verjuice. [Obs.] Sir T. More.