Empuse
(Em*puse") n. [LL. empusa, Gr. .] A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Empuzzle
(Em*puz"zle) v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
Empyema
(||Em`py*e"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. from to suppurate; in + pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood,
pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
Empyesis
(||Em`py*e"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. suppuration.] (Med.) An eruption of pustules.
Empyreal
(Em*pyr"e*al) a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. in fire, fiery; in + fire. See In, and Fire.]
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of
heaven.
Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere.
Pope. Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
Empyreal
(Em*pyr"e*al), n. Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.
Empyrean
(Em`py*re"an) n. [See Empyreal.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was
supposed by the ancients to subsist.
The empyrean rung
With hallelujahs.
Milton. Empyrean
(Em`py*re"an), a. Empyreal. Akenside.
Empyreuma
(||Em`py*reu"ma) n. [NL., from Gr. a live coal covered with ashes, fr. to set on fire, fr. :
cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of
decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
Empyreumatic
(Em`py*reu*mat"ic Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining
to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande
& C.
Empyreumatize
(Em`py*reu"ma*tize) v. t. To render empyreumatic. [R.]
Empyrical
(Em*pyr"ic*al) a. [Gr. in fire. See Empyreal.] Containing the combustible principle of coal.
Kirwan.
Empyrosis
(||Em"py*ro"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. in + to burn.] A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M.
Hale.
Emrods
(Em"rods) n. pl. See Emerods. [Obs.]
Emu
(E"mu) n. [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.] (Zoöl.) A large Australian bird, of two species
related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu
and emew.]
The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.
Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.
