Defn: The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
ENCAUMA
En*cau"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Encaustic.] (Med.)
Defn: An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.
ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, a. Etym: [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts)
Defn: 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. Etym: [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.]
Defn: The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
ENCAVE
En*cave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf.
Incavated.]
Defn: To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.
-ENCE -ence. Etym: [F. -ence, L. -entia.]