Defn: A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.
-ESCENT -es"cent. Etym: [From the ending -escens, -entis, of the p. pr. of inchoative verbs in Latin.]
Defn: A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.
ESCHALOT
Esch`a*lot", n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Shallot.
ESCHAR
Es"char, n. Etym: [L. eschara, Gr. eschare. See Scar.] (Med.)
Defn: A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.
ESCHAR
Es"char, n. Etym: [Ir.] (Geol.)
Defn: In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also eskar and esker.]
ESCHARA
Es"cha*ra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)