oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of
the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees.
Eucharis
(||Eu"cha*ris) n. [NL., fr. L. eucharis agreeable, Gr. e'y`charis See Eucharist.] (Bot.) A
genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.
Eucharist
(Eu"cha*rist) n. [L. eucharistia, Gr. e'ycharisti`a, lit., a giving of thanks; e'y^ + cha`ris favor,
grace, thanks; akin to chai`rein to rejoice, and prob. to yearn: cf. F. eucharistie.]
1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.]
Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs.
South. 2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the
death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.
— See Sacrament.
Eucharistic
(Eu`cha*ris"tic Eu`cha*ris"tic*al) a. [Cf. F. eucharistie.]
1. Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.]
The eucharistical part of our daily devotions.
Ray. 2. Pertaining to the Lord's Supper. "The eucharistic sacrament." Sir. G. C. Lewis.
Euchite
(Eu"chite) n. [From Gr. to pray.] One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] Gauden.
Euchloric
(Eu*chlo"ric) a. [Gr. e'y`chlwro`s fresh and green; e'y^ well + chlwro`s pale green.] (Chem.)
Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric gas. Davy.
Euchlorine
(Eu*chlo"rine) n. [Cf. F. euchlorine. See Euchloric.] (Chem.) A yellow or greenish yellow
gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to
consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.
Euchologion
(||Eu`cho*lo"gi*on Eu*chol"o*gy) n. [NL. euchologion, Gr. prayer book; prayer, vow (fr. to
pray) + to say, speak.] (Eccl.) A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing
the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.
Euchologue
(Eu"cho*logue), n. [F. euchologe.] Euchology. [R.]
Euchre
(Eu"chre) n. [Perh. from F. écarté.] A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four
persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the
same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in
two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.
Euchre
(Eu"chre), v. t.
1. To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.
2. To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme. [Slang.]
Euchroic
(Eu*chro"ic) a. [Gr. well- colored; well + color.] (Chem.) Having a fine color.
Euchroic acid (Chem.), an organic, imide acid, obtained as a colorless crystalline substance, C12H4N2O8
by heating an ammonium salt of mellitic acid. By reduction it is changed to a dark blue substance —
hence its name.
