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ESCHEW'ING, ppr. Shunning; avoiding. [This word is nearly obsolete, or at least ...
ESCHEW'ED, pp. Shunned; avoided.
ESCHEW', v.t. To flee from; to shun; to avoid. He who obeys, destruction shall e...
ESCHE'ATOR, n. An officer who observes the escheats of the king in the county wh...
ESCHE'ATING, ppr. Reverting to the lord through failure of heirs, or to the stat...
ESCHE'ATED, pp. Having fallen to the lord through want of heirs, or to the state...
ESCHE'ATAGE, n. The right of succeeding to an escheat.
ESCHE'ATABLE, a. Liable to escheat.
ESCHE'AT, n. [L. cado, cadere.] 1. Any land or tenements which casually fall or ...
ESCHAROT'IC, a. Caustic; having the power of searing or destroying the flesh. ES...
ES'CHAR, n. [Gr.] In surgery, the crust or scab occasioned by burns or caustic a...
ESCHALOT, n. shallo'te. A species of small onion or garlic, belonging to the gen...
ESC`ARPMENT, n. A slope; a steep descent or declivity.
ESC`ARP, v.t. To slope; to form a slope; a military term.
ESC`ARGATOIRE, n. A nursery of snails.
ESCA'PING, ppr. Fleeing from and avoiding danger or evil; being passed unobserve...