2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.

3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.

Engouled
(En*gouled") a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.

Engoulée
(||En`gou`lée") a. [F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth.] (Her.) Same as Engouled.

Engraff
(En*graff") v. t. [See Ingraft.] To graft; to fix deeply. [Obs.]

Engraffment
(En*graff"ment) n. See Ingraftment. [Obs.]

Engraft
(En*graft") v. t. See Ingraft. Shak.

Engraftation
(En`graf*ta"tion En*graft"ment) n. The act of ingrafting; ingraftment. [R.]

Engrail
(En*grail") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrailed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrailing.] [F. engrêler; pref. en- (L. in) + grêle hail. See Grail gravel.]

1. To variegate or spot, as with hail.

A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues.
Chapman.

2. (Her.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.

Engrail
(En*grail"), v. i. To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines. Parnell.

Engrailed
(En*grailed") a. (Her.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.

Engrailment
(En*grail"ment) n.

1. The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.

2. (Her.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.

Engrain
(En*grain") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]

1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.

Leaves engrained in lusty green.
Spenser.

2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.

The stain hath become engrained by time.
Sir W. Scott.

3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

Engrapple
(En*grap"ple) v. t. & i. To grapple. [Obs.]

Engrasp
(En*grasp") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrasped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrasping.] To grasp; to grip. [R.] Spenser.


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