EWER Ew"er, n. Etym: [OF. ewer, euwier, prop. a water carrier, F. évier a washing place, sink, aiguière ewer, L. aquarius, adj., water carrying, n., a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG, aha, G. au, aue, meadow. *219. Cf. Aquarium, Aquatic, Island.]
Defn: A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold
water for the toilet.
Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.
EWERY; EWRY
Ew"er*y, Ew"ry n. Etym: [From Ewer.]
Defn: An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.
EWT
Ewt, n. Etym: [See Newt.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The newt.
EX-
Ex-
Defn: . A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or é-; as, escape, scape, élite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.
EXACERBATE
Ex*ac"er*bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exacerrating.] Etym: [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out
(intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.]
Defn: To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Broughman.