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_Burr. Lawes._
2. Orion's girdle, a constellation.
_Douglas._
From _eln_ and _wand_, a rod.
EMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
V. ~Amaille~.
EMBER GOOSE, A fowl which inhabits the seas about Orkney.
_Sibbald._
EMERANT, _s._ Emerald.
_King's Quair._
~Emerant~, ~Emerand~, _adj._ Green.
_Douglas._
EMMIS, IMMIS, _adj._
1. Variable, Ang.
2. _An immis nicht_, a gloomy night, Banffs.
Su. G. _ymsa_, _oemsa_, to vary, alternare; Isl. _yms_, _ymiss_, varius.
_To_ EMPASH, EMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.
Fr. _empescher_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
EMPRESS, EMPRISS, EMPRISE, ENPRESS, _s._ Enterprise.
_Barbour._
Fr. _empris_.
ENACH, _s._ Satisfaction for a trespa.s.s.
Gael. _enach_, a ransom.
_Reg. Maj._
ENARMED, _part. pa._ Armed.
_Douglas._
~Enarmoure~, _s._ Armour.
_Douglas._
ENBRODE, _part. pa._ Embroidered.
_Id._
_To_ ENBUSCH, _v. a._ To lay in ambush.
Fr. _embusch-er_, id. q. _en bois_.
_Barbour._
~Enbuschyt~, _s._ Ambuscade.
_Barbour._
~Enbuschment~, _s._
1. Ambush.
_Barbour._
2. Used in describing the testudo.
_Douglas._
ENCHESOUN, _s._ Reason, cause.
O. Fr. _acheson_, occasion.
_Barbour._
