Chapter Emery to Empalement of E by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Emit
(E*mit") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.]

1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit
His fatal arrows.

Prior.

2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.

No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.

Const. of the U. S.

Emittent
(E*mit"tent) a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.

Emmantle
(Em*man"tle) v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

Emmanuel
(Em*man"u*el) n. See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.

Emmarble
(Em*mar"ble) v. t. To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.]

Thou dost emmarble the proud heart.

Spenser.

Emmenagogue
(Em*men"a*gogue) n. [Gr. n. pl., menses ( in + month) + leading, fr. to lead: cf. F. emménagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

Emmet
(Em"met) n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant.

Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.

Emmetropia
(||Em`me*tro"pi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`mmetros in measure, proportioned, suitable ('en in + me`tron measure) + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; — opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, and astigmatism.

Emmetropic
(Em`me*trop"ic) a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.

The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances.

J. Le Conte.

Emmetropy
(Em*met"ro*py) n. (Med.) Same as Emmetropia.

Emmew
(Em*mew") v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.] To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.

Emmove
(Em*move") v. t. [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.] To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]

Emodin
(Em"o*din) n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C₁₅H₁₀O₅, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; — so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

Emollescence
(Em`ol*les"cence) n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.