Englishable to Enigma

Englishable
(Eng"lish*a*ble) a. Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.

Englishism
(Eng"lish*ism) n.

1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold.

2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Englishman
(Eng"lish*man) n.; pl. Englishmen A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.

Englishry
(Eng"lish*ry) n.

1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] Cowell.

2. A body of English or people of English descent; — commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

A general massacre of the Englishry.
Macaulay.

Englishwoman
(Eng"lish*wom`an) n.; pl. Englishwomen Fem. of Englishman. Shak.

Engloom
(En*gloom") v. t. To make gloomy. [R.]

Englue
(En*glue") v. t. [Pref. en- + glue: cf. F. engluer to smear with birdlime.] To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued. Gower.

Englut
(En*glut") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englutted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting ] [Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir.]

1. To swallow or gulp down. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To glut. [Obs.] "Englutted with vanity." Ascham.

Engore
(En*gore") v. t.

1. To gore; to pierce; to lacerate. [Obs.]

Deadly engored of a great wild boar.
Spenser.

2. To make bloody. [Obs.] Chapman.

Engorge
(En*gorge") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engorged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Engorging ] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to obstruct, cram.]

1. To gorge; to glut. Mir. for Mag.

2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour. Spenser.

Engorge
(En*gorge"), v. i. To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food. Beaumont.

Engorged
(En*gorged") p. a.

1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.

2. (Med.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.

Engorgement
(En*gorge"ment) n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]

1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.


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