2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary
lodgings.
A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans.
Gibbon.
A green encampment yonder meets the eye.
Guardian. Encanker
(En*can"ker) v. t. To canker. [Obs.]
Encapsulation
(En*cap`su*la"tion) n. (Physiol.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane
around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
Encarnalize
(En*car"nal*ize) v. t. To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.
Encarpus
(||En*car"pus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. containing fruit; in + fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. .] (Arch.) An
ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]
Encase
(En*case") v. t. [Cf. Enchase.] To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.
Encasement
(En*case"ment) n. [Cf. Casement.]
1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to emboîtement. See Ovulist.
Encash
(En*cash") v. t. (Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
Encashment
(En*cash"ment) n. (Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
Encauma
(En*cau"ma) n. [NL., from Gr. mark caused by burning, fr. . See Encaustic.] (Med.) An
ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.
Encaustic
(En*caus"tic) a. [L. encausticus, Gr. fr. to burn in; in + to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See Caustic,
and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
Encaustic painting (Fine Arts),
painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and
which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. — Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware
tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.
Encaustic
(En*caus"tic), n. [L. encaustica, Gr. (sc. ): cf. F. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.] The
method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
Encave
(En*cave") v. t. [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.] To hide in, or as in, a
cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.
-
ence
(-ence) [F. -ence, L. -entia.] A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which
relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence.
See - ance.
Enceinte
(||En`ceinte") n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in + cingere to gird.
See Cincture.]
1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; — called also body
of the place.