History
of Prince Arthur
, iii. 84, (1470).
Erudite (Most). Marcus Terentius Varro is called "the most erudite of the Romans" (B.C. 116-27).
Er'ythre, modesty personified, the virgin page of Parthen'ia or maiden of chastity, in The Purple Island, by Phineas Fletcher (1633). Fully described in canto x. (Greek, cruthros, "red," from eruthriao, "to blush.")
Erysichthon [Erri. sik'. thon], a grandson of Neptune, who was punished by Cerês with insatiable hunger, for cutting down some trees in a grove sacred to that goddess. (See ERISICHTHON.)
Es'calus, an ancient, kind-hearted lord in the deputation of the duke of Vienna.—Shakespeare, Measure for Measure (1603).
Es'calus, Prince of Vero'na.—Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1598).
Es'canes (3 syl.), one of the lords of Tyre.—Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1608).
Escobar (Mons. L') the French, name for a fox, so called from M. Escobar the probabilist, whence also the verb escobarder, "to play the fox," "to play fast and loose."
The French have a capital name for the fox, namely, M. L'Escobar, which may be translated the "shuffler," or more freely, "sly boots."—The Daily News, March 25, 1878.