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Escuage
- - Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.
Escudos
- noun - formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
- the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
Esculic
- - Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.
Esculin
- - A glucoside obtained from the , or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
Eserine
- - An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
Esfahan
- noun - city in central Iran; former capital of Persia
Esidrix
- noun - a diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension
Eskimos
- unknown - people inhabiting arctic America with its islands, Greenland and the nearest Asiatic coast. The Eskimos themselves prefer to be called Inuit or Yupik.