Erythronium
(||Er`y*thro"ni*um) n. [NL., from Gr. a kind of plant, fr. 'eryqro`s red.] (Chem.) A name
originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. [R.]
Erythrophleine
(E*ryth`ro*phle"ine) n. (Chem.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark
Erythrophyll
(E*ryth"ro*phyll Er`y*throph"yl*lin) , n. 'eryqro`s red + leaf.]—> (Physiol. Bot.) The red
coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.
Erythrosin
(E*ryth"ro*sin) n. [Gr. 'eryqro`s red.] (Chem.) (a) A red substance formed by the oxidation
of tyrosin. (b) A red dyestuff obtained from fluoresceïn by the action of iodine.
Erythroxylon
(||Er`y*throx"y*lon) n. [NL., from Gr. 'eryqro`s red + wood. So named from the red wood
of some species.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries.
E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.
Erythrozyme
(E*ryth"ro*zyme) n. [Gr. 'eryqro`s red + leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) A ferment extracted
from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.
Escalade
(Es`ca*lade") n. [F., Sp. escalada fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L. scala ladder.
See Scale, v. t.] (Mil.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used
to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.
Buckminster. Escalade
(Es`ca*lade"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.) To mount
and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Escallop
(Es*cal"lop) n. See Escalop.
Escalloped
(Es*cal"loped) a. See Escaloped.
Escalop
(Es*cal"op) n. [OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See Scallop.]
1. (Zoöl.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.
2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop. "So many jags or escalops."
Ray.
3. (a) The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage
to the Holy Land. Hence: (b) (Her.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
Escaloped
(Es*cal"oped) a.
1. Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
2. (Her.) Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between
two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.
Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.
Escambio
(Es*cam"bi*o) n. [LL. escambium, excambium. See Excamb.] (Eng. Law) A license formerly
required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea. Cowell.
Escapable
(Es*cap"a*ble) a. Avoidable.
Escapade
(Es`ca*pade") n. [F., fr. Sp. escapada escape, fr. escapar to escape; or F., fr. It. scappata
escape, escapade, fr. scappare to escape. see Escape.]
