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Volume VII
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  • Dhar, native state, India.
  • Dhárwár, district, India.
  • Dholpur, native state, India.
  • Diabetes, disease.
  • Diagoras, Greek poet.
  • Diagrams, geometrical figures.
    • Diagrams in Kinematics.
  • Dialling.
  • Diamante, Fra, Italian painter.
  • Diamantina, or Tejuco, town, Brazil.
  • Diamantino, town, Brazil.
  • Diamond, precious stone.
  • Diana, Roman goddess (the Greek Artemis).
  • Diano, town, Italy.
  • Diaphoretics, in medicine.
  • Diarbekir, or Diarbekr, town, Asiatic Turkey.
  • Diarrhœa, disease.
  • Dias, Antonio Gonçalves, Brazilian poet and historian.
  • Dias, Bartolommeo, Portuguese navigator.
  • Diatomaceæ, subdivision of Algæ.
  • Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile, French painter.
  • Dibdin, Charles, English song-writer and composer.
  • Dibdin, Thomas, English dramatist.
  • Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, English bibliographer.
  • Dicæarchus, Greek philosopher and geographer.
  • Dick, Thomas, Scottish writer.
  • Dickens, Charles, English novelist.
  • Dicotyledons, subclass of plants (See Botany and Vegetable Kingdom).
  • Dictator, in the Roman republic.
  • Dictionary, Dictionaries.
  • Dictys Cretensis, early Greek historian.
  • Diderot, Denis, French Encyclopedist.
  • Dido, or Elisa, legendary founder of Carthage.
  • Didot, family of French printers and publishers.
  • Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, French archæologist.
  • Didymus, of Alexandria, ecclesiastical writer.
  • Die, for stamping medals.
  • Die Sinking.
  • Diebitsch-Sabalkanski, Ivan K.F.A., Count, Russian general.
  • Diepenbeck, Abraham van, Flemish painter.
  • Dieppe, town, France.
  • Dies, Christoph Albert, German painter.
  • Diest, town, Belgium.
  • Diet, German state assembly.
  • Dietetics.
  • Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst, German painter.
  • Diez, Friedrich Christian, German philologist.
  • Differential Calculus (Infinitesimal Calculus, q.v.).
  • Diffusion, in physics.
  • Digby, Sir Kenelm, English physicist.
  • Digestive Organs.
  • Digitalis, or Foxglove, genus of plants.
  • Digne, town, France.
  • Dijon, town, France.
  • Dilapidations, in English law.
  • Diligence, in law.
  • Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, English art organizer.
  • Dill, plant.
  • Dillen, or Dillenius, Johann Jakob, German botanist.
  • Dillingen, town, Bavaria.
  • Dimensions, in geometry.
  • Dinajpur, district and town, India.
  • Dinan, town, France.
  • Dinapur, town, India.
  • Dinarchus, Greek orator.
  • Dingwall, town, Scotland.
  • Dinkelsbühl, town, Bavaria.
  • Dinocrates, or Dinochares, Greek architect.
  • Dinornis, genus of extinct birds.
  • Dinotherium, extinct undulate mammal.
  • Diocese.
  • Diocletian, Roman emperor.
  • Diodati, Giovanni, Swiss Reformed theologian.
  • Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian.
  • Diogenes of Apollonia, Greek physicist.
  • Diogenes, Greek Cynic philosopher.
  • Diogenes Laertius, Greek writer.
  • Diomedes, of Greek legend.
  • Dion, tyrant of Syracuse.
  • Dion Cassius Cocceianus, historian of Rome.
  • Dion Chrysostom, Greek writer.
  • Dionysia, or Bacchanalia, Greek festivals.
  • Dionysius, the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse.
  • Dionysius, the Younger, tyrant of Syracuse.
  • Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, Greek writer.
  • Dionysius, the Areopagite.
  • Dionysius Periegetes, Greek geographical writer.
  • Dionysius Exiguus, chronologist.
  • Dionysus, Greek divinity (the Roman Bacchus).
  • Diophantus, Greek writer on algebra (See Algebra).
  • Diphtheria, disease.
  • Diplomacy.
  • Diplomatics, science dealing with ancient documents.
  • Dippel, Johann Conrad, German theologian and alchemist.
  • Dipsomania, alcoholic insanity (See Mental Diseases).
  • Diptera, order of insects.
  • Diptych, Roman writing tablet.
  • Dirce, in Greek legend.
  • Dirschau, town, Prussia.
  • Discus, Greek quoit.
  • Disinfectants.
  • Dislocation, in surgery.
  • Dismal Swamp, United States.
  • Dispensation.
  • D’Israeli, Isaac.
  • Distillation, relaxation of law.
  • Distress, Law of.
  • Distribution.
    • Distribution of Animals.
    • ...
  • Dithmarschen, or Ditmarsh, district, Holstein.
  • Ditton, Humphry, English mathematician.
  • Diu, island and seaport, India.
  • Diuretics, in medicine.
  • Divan, or Diwan, Eastern Government office.
  • Diver, bird.
  • Dividivi, astringent pods.
  • Divination, revelation by omens.
  • Diving.
  • Division, in logic (See Logic).
  • Divorce, Law of.
  • Dixmerie, Nicholas Bricaire de la (La Dixmerie, q.v.), French writer.
  • Dixon, George, English navigator.
  • Dizful, town, Persia.
  • Dmitrieff, Ivan Ivanovitch, Russian statesman and poet.
  • Dmitroff, town, Russia.
  • Dmitrovsk, town, Russia.
  • Dnieper, river, Russia.
  • Dniester, river, Russia.
  • Doab, Indian geographical term.
  • Dobell, Sydney, English poet.
  • Döbeln, town, Saxony.
  • Doberan, or Dobberan, town, Germany.
  • Döberentei, Gabor, Hungarian philologist.
  • Dobrizhoffer, Martin, Roman Catholic missionary.
  • Dobrowsky, or Dobrovsky, Joseph, Slavonic philologist.
  • Dobrudja, or Dobrudscha, district and province, Roumania.
  • Dobscau, or Dobsina, town, Hungary.
  • Dobson, William, English painter.
  • Docetæ, heretics in early church.
  • Dock, plant.
  • Docks, for ships (See Harbour).
  • Dockyards, Naval.
  • Doctor, title.
  • Doctors' Commons.
  • Doctrinaires, French political party.
  • Dodd, Dr William, English divine.
  • Dodder, parasitic plant.
  • Doddridge, Philip, English Nonconformist divine.
  • Döderlein, Johann Christoph, German philologist.
  • Dodo, extinct bird.
  • Dodona, Temple of, Greece.
  • Dodsley, Robert, English writer and bookseller.
  • Dodwell, Edward, English antiquary.
  • Dodwell, Henry, English controversialist.
  • Dog, Dogs.
  • Doge, ruler of Venice.
  • Dog-Fish, species of sharks.
  • Dogmatic, in theology.
  • Dogwood, plant.
  • Dol, town, France.
  • Dolabella, Publius Cornelius, Roman general.
  • Dolce, Luigi, Italian writer.
  • Dolci, Carlo, Italian painter.
  • Dole, town, France.
  • Dolet, Étienne, French scholar and printer.
  • Dolgelly, town, Wales.
  • Dollond, John, English optician.
  • Dolomieu, Déodat G. S. T. Gratet de, French mineralogist.
  • Dolphin (Delphinus, etc.), cetacean mammal.
  • Domat, or Daumat, Jean, French jurisconsult.
  • Dombrowski, Jan Henryk, Polish general.
  • Dome, in architecture.
  • Domenichino, or Domenico, Zampieri, Italian painter.
  • Domesday Book.
  • Domicile, in law.
  • Dominic, St, founder of Dominican order.
  • Dominica, island, West Indies.
  • Dominicans, mendicant order of monks.
  • Dominis, Marc Antonio de, Italian theologian and man of science.
  • Domitian, Roman emperor.
  • Don, river, Russia.
  • Don Cossack Country, Russia.
  • Don Juan, of European legend.
  • Donaghadee, town, Ireland.
  • Donaldson, John William, English philologist.
  • Donatello, Italian sculptor and painter.
  • Donati, Giovanni Battista, Italian astronomer.
  • Donatists, early Christian sect.
  • Donatus, Ælius, Roman grammarian and rhetorician.
  • Donauwörth, town, Bavaria.
  • Doncaster, town, England.
  • Donegal, county, Ireland.
  • Dongola, or Donkola, town, Egypt.
  • Donizetti, Gaetano, Italian musical composer.
  • Donne, John, English poet and divine.
  • Donovan, Edward, English naturalist.
  • Dorat, Jean (Daurat, q.v.), French poet and scholar.
  • Dorchester, town, England.
  • Dordogne, department and river, France.
  • Doria, Andrea, Genoese admiral.
  • Dorians, people, ancient Greece.
  • Doris, district, ancient Greece.
  • Dorking, town, England.
  • Dorléans, Louis, French poet.
  • Dormouse, rodent mammal.
  • Dornbirn, or Dornbühren, town, Austria.
  • Dorogobush, or Dorogobuzh, town, Russia.
  • Dorogoi, or Dorohoi, town, Roumania.
  • Dorotheus, Roman jurist.
  • Dorp, town, Prussia.
  • Dorpat, or Dörpt, town, Russia.
  • D'Orsay, Count, French savant.
  • Dorset, county, England.
  • Dorset, First Earl of, English poet.
  • Dorset, Sixth Earl of, English politician and poet.
  • Dort, or Dordrecht, town, Holland.
  • Dort, Synod of.
  • Dortmund, town, Germany.
  • Dory, or John Dory, fish.
  • Dotis (Totis, q.v.).
  • Douai, or Douay, town, France.
  • Douarnenez, town, France.
  • Doubleday, Thomas, English writer.
  • Doubs, department, France.
  • Douce, Francis, English antiquary.
  • Douglas, town, Isle of Man.
  • Douglas, Gawain, or Gavin, Scottish poet.
  • Douglas, Stephen Arnold, American statesman.
  • Dour, town, Belgium.
  • Dousa, or Douza, Janus (Van der Does), Dutch statesman and poet.
  • Douville, Jean Baptiste, French traveller.
  • Douw, or Dow, Gerhard, Flemish painter.
  • Dove, bird.
  • Dover, town, England.
  • Dover, town, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
  • Dover, town, Delaware, U.S.A.
  • Dover, Lord, English writer.
  • Dow, Lorenzo, American preacher.
  • Dowletabad, town and fortress, India.
  • Down, county, Ireland.
  • Downpatrick, town, Ireland.
  • Doxology.
  • Doyen, Gabriel François, French painter.
  • Draco, Athenian legislator.
  • Dragon, fabulous monster.
  • Dragon Fly, insect.
  • Dragon's Blood, resin.
  • Draguignan, town, France.
  • Drainage & Draining (See Agriculture, Architecture, Building, and Sewage).
  • Drake, Sir Francis, English admiral and navigator.
  • Drakenborch, Arnold, Dutch scholar and editor.
  • Drama.
  • Dramburg, town, Prussia.
  • Drammen, town, Norway.
  • Draughts, game.
  • Drawing, delineation.
  • Drayton, Michael, English poet.
  • Dream, Dreams.
  • Dredge, The Naturalist's.
  • Dredging, in engineering.
  • Drelincourt, Charles, French Calvinist.
  • Dresden, town, Saxony.
  • Dreux, town, France.
  • Drew, Samuel, English theologian.
  • Dreyse, Johann Nicholas von, inventor of the needle-gun.
  • Driffield, town, England.
  • Drogheda, town, Ireland.
  • Drohobycz, town, Austria.
  • Droitwich, town, England.
  • Drôme, department, France.
  • Dromedary (Camel, q.v.).
  • Dropsy, disease.
  • Droste-Hülshoff, Baroness of, German poetess.
  • Drouais, Jean Germain, French painter.
  • Drouet, Jean Baptiste, French Revolutionist.
  • Drouet d'Erlon, Count, French general.
  • Drowning.
  • Droz, François-Xavier Joseph, French writer.
  • Druidism, Druids.
  • Drum, musical instrument.
  • Drummond, Henry, English politician.
  • Drummond, Thomas, English surveyor.
  • Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, Scottish poet.
  • Drunkenness.
  • Druses, Syrian people.
  • Drusius, Johannes (Van den Driesche), Flemish divine.
  • Drusus, Marcus Livius, Roman patrician.
  • Drusus, Marcus Livius, Roman tribune.
  • Dryades, Dryads, or Hamadryades, in Greek mythology.
  • Dryander, Jonas, Swedish naturalist.
  • Dryden, John, English poet.
  • Dry Rot, in timber.
  • Du Barry Gomard de Vaubernier, Countess, mistress of Louis XV.
  • Dublin, county, Ireland.
  • Dublin, metropolis of Ireland.
  • Dubno, town, Russia.
  • Dubofka, town, Russia.
  • Dubois, Guillaume, French cardinal and statesman.
  • Dubos, Jean Baptiste, French political writer.
  • Dubossari, or Novie Dubossari, town, Russia.
  • Dubrovna, town, Russia.
  • Dubuque, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
  • Ducange, Charles Dufresne, French historian and philologist.
  • Ducas, Michael, Greek historian.
  • Duchesne, André, French geographer and historian.
  • Ducis, Jean François, French dramatist.
  • Duck, bird.
  • Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, English admiral.
  • Duclos, Charles Pineau, French writer.
  • Dudevant, Madame (George Sand), French novelist.
  • Dudley, town, England.
  • Dudley, Earls of (Northumberland, q.v.).
  • Duel.
  • Dufour, Wilhelm Heinrich, Swiss general.
  • Dufrenoy, Pierre Armand, French geologist.
  • Dufresny, Charles Rivière, French dramatist.
  • Dugdale, Sir William, English antiquary.
  • Dugong, cetacean mammal.
  • Duguay-Trouin, René, French admiral.
  • Du Guesclin, Bertrand, constable of France.
  • Duhalde, Jean Baptiste, French geographer.
  • Duhamel, Jean Baptiste, French astronomer.
  • Duhamel du Monceau, Henry Louis, French botanist and agriculturalist.
  • Duisburg, town, Prussia.
  • Duke, order of nobility.
  • Dukinfield, township, England.
  • Dulcamara, drug.
  • Dulcigno, town, Albania.
  • Duluth, town, Minnesota, U.S.A.
  • Dulwich, town, England.
  • Dumangas, town, Philippine Islands.
  • Dumarsais, César Chesneau, French philologist.
  • Dumas, Alexandre, the Elder, French novelist.
  • Dumas, Matthieu, Count, French general and historian.
  • Dumbarton, county, town, & castle, Scotland.
  • Dumdum, or Damdama, town, India.
  • Dumfries, county & town, Scotland.
  • Dumont, Jean, French publicist.
  • Dumont, Pierre Étienne Louis, Genevese political writer.
  • Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César, French navigator.
  • Dumouriez, Charles François, French Republican general.
  • Dünaburg, town, Russia.
  • Dunbar, town, Scotland.
  • Dunbar, William, Scottish poet.
  • Dunblane, town, Scotland.
  • Duncan, Viscount, British admiral.
  • Duncan, Thomas, Scottish painter.
  • Dundalk, town, Ireland.
  • Dundas, Henry (Melville, Viscount, q.v.).
  • Dundee, town, Scotland.
  • Dundee, Viscount (Graham of Claverhouse).
  • Dundonald, Tenth Earl of (Lord Cochrane), naval officer.
  • Dunedin, town, New Zealand.
  • Dunfermline, town, Scotland.
  • Dunfermline, James Abercromby, Lord (Abercromby, q.v.).
  • Dungannon, town, Ireland.
  • Dungarvan, town, Ireland.
  • Dunkeld, town, Scotland.
  • Dunkers, sect of American Baptists.
  • Dunkirk, or Dunkerque.
  • Dunkirk, town, France.
  • Dunmow, town, England.
  • Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, English lawyer and statesman.
  • Dunois, Jean, bastard of Orleans.
  • Dunoon, town, Scotland.
  • Duns Scotus, John, mediæval scholastic writer.
  • Dunstable, town, England.
  • Dunstan, St, archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Dunton, John, English bookseller and author.
  • Duperrey, Louis Isidore, French navigator.
  • Duperron, Jacques Davy, French cardinal.
  • Dupin, André Marie J. J., French advocate and politician.
  • Dupin, Louis Ellies, French ecclesiastical historian.
  • Dupleix, Joseph, governor-general of French India.
  • Dupont, Pierre, French poet.
  • Dupont de l'Eure, Jacques Charles, French lawyer and statesman.
  • Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, French economist and statesman.
  • Dupuis, Charles François, French scientific writer.
  • Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron, French surgeon.
  • Duquesne, Abraham, Marquis, French naval officer.
  • Duran, Augustin, Spanish writer.
  • Durandus, Durantis, or Duranti, Wilhelmus, papal legate and canonist.
  • Durango, state, Mexico.
  • Durango, Duranga, Ciudad de Victoria, or Guadiana, town, Mexico.
  • Durante, Francesco, Italian musical composer.
  • Durão, José de Santa Ritta, Brazilian poet.
  • Durazzo, town, European Turkey.
  • Durban, or D'Urban, town, Natal, South Africa.
  • Düren, town, Prussia.
  • Dürer, Albrecht, German painter.
  • D'Urfey, Thomas, English satirist.
  • Durham, county, England.
  • Durham, First Earl of (John George Lambton).
  • Durian, fruit of durio tree.
  • Dürkheim, town, Germany.
  • Durlach, town, Bavaria.
  • Durra, Indian millet.
  • Dussek, Johann Ludwig, Bohemian pianist and composer.
  • Düsseldorf, town, Prussia.
  • Dutens, Louis, French writer.
  • Dutrochet, René Joachim Henri, French man of science.
  • Duval, Jules, French economist.
  • Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean, French theologian.
  • Dwaraka, Dwarka, or Jigat, town, India.
  • Dwarf.
  • Dwight, Timothy, American theological and miscellaneous writer.
  • Dwina, rivers, Russia.
  • Dyce, Alexander, English critic.
  • Dyce, William, Scottish painter.
  • Dyeing.
  • Dyer, John, English poet.
  • Dynamics.
  • Dynamite, explosive.
  • Dynamometer.
  • Dyrrhachium (Durazzo, q.v.), ancient town, Albania.
  • Dysart, town, Scotland.
  • Dysentery, disease.
  • Dyspepsia, disease.
  • Dyveke, mistress of Christian I. of Denmark.
  • Dzungaria, Dsongaria, or Songaria, region, Central Asia.
  • E, the fifth letter of the alphabet.
  • Eachard, John, English divine and humorist.
  • Eadie, John, Scottish Biblical critic.
  • Eadmer or Edmer, English ecclesiastic and historian.
  • Eagle, bird.
  • Ear.
  • Earl, title of nobility.
  • Earle, John, English bishop and author.
  • Earlom, Richard, English engraver.
  • Ear-Ring, ornament.
  • Earth, Figure of the.
    • ...
    • Pendulum Observations.
    • Elements of the Figure as a Solid of Revolution.
  • Earthquake, Earthquakes.
  • Earwig, insect.
  • Easement, in law.
  • Eastbourne, town, England.
  • Easter, church festival.
  • Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock, English painter.
  • Easton, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • East Saginaw, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
  • Eau de Cologne, perfume.
  • Ebel, Hermann Wilhelm, German philologist.
  • Eberhard, duke of Würtemberg.
  • Eberhard, August Gottlob, German poet.
  • Eberhard, Johann Augustus, German theologian.
  • Ebert, Friedrich Adolf, German bibliographer.
  • Ebingen, town, Würtemberg.
  • Ebionites, early Christian sect.
  • Eboli or Evoli, town, Italy.
  • Ebony, wood.
  • Ebro, river, Spain.
  • Écarté, card game.
  • Ecbatana, various ancient Asiatic towns.
  • Eccard, Johannes, German composer.
  • Eccleino, or Ezzelino da Romano, Italian Ghibelline chief.
  • Ecchellensis, or Echellensis, Abraham, learned Maronite.
  • Eccles, town, England.
  • Ecclesia, Athenian assembly.
  • Ecclesiastes, Book of.
  • Ecclesiastical Commission, English.
  • Ecclesiastical Law.
  • Ecclesiasticus, Book of (See Apocrypha).
  • Echidna, genus of monotrematous mammals.
  • Echinodermata.
  • Echo, in Greek mythology.
  • Ecija, town, Spain.
  • Eck, Johann Maier von, opponent of Luther.
  • Eckermann, John Peter, German writer.
  • Eckersberg, Carl Vilhelm, Danish painter.
  • Eckhart, Johannes, German mystic.
  • Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius, German numismatist.
  • Eclectic Philosophy.
  • Eclipse, Eclipses (See Astronomy).
  • Ecstasy, nervous disorder.
  • Ecuador, state, South America.
  • Edam, town, Holland.
  • Edda, collections of Icelandic literature.
  • Edelinck, Gerard, Flemish engraver.
  • Eden, Garden of.
  • Eden, Hon. Emily, English authoress.
  • Edentata, order of mammals.
  • Edessa, town, Macedonia.
  • Edessa (Orfa), town, Turkey in Asia.
  • Edfu, or Edfoo, town, Upper Egypt.
  • Edgeworth, Maria, novelist.
  • Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, writer and mechanician.
  • Edinburgh, or Mid-Lothian, county, Scotland.
  • Edinburgh, metropolis of Scotland.
  • Edmund, St, archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Edmund, or Eadmund, king of East Anglia.
  • Edmund, or Eadmund I., king of the West Saxons, England.
  • Edmund, or Eadmund II., king of the West Saxons, England.
  • Edom (Idumena, q.v.), district south of Palestine.
  • Edrisi, Idrisi, or Aldjusi, Arabian geographer.
  • Education, History of.
  • Edward, or Eadward I., early English king.
  • Edward, or Eadward II., early English king.
  • Edward, or Eadward III., the Confessor, early English king.
  • Edward I., king of England.
  • Edward II., of England.
  • Edward III., of England.
  • Edward IV., of England.
  • Edward V., of England.
  • Edward VI., of England.
  • Edward, the Black Prince.
  • Edwardes, Sir Herbert Benjamin, English general and administrator.
  • Edwards, Bryan, English historian.
  • Edwards, George, English antiquary and ornithologist.
  • Edwards, Jonathan, American theologian.
  • Edwards, Richard, English musician and dramatist.
  • Edwin, or Eadwine, king of Northumbria.
  • Edwy, Eadwig, or Edwin, the Fair, king of the West-Saxons, England.
  • Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, Dutch painter.
  • Eecloo, town, Belgium.
  • Eel, fish.
  • Effigies, Monumental.
  • Egbert, or Ecgberht, king of the West-Saxons, England.
  • Egede, Hans, Norse missionary to Greenland.
  • Egede, Paul, missionary to Greenland.
  • Eger, town, Bohemia.
  • Egg, Eggs.
  • Egg, Augustus Leopold, English painter.
  • Eginhard, biographer of Charlemagne.
  • Eglantine, sweet briar.
  • Eglinton, Thirteenth Earl of.
  • Egmont, or Egmond, Lamoral, Count of.
  • Egret, bird (See Heron).
  • Egypt.
    • Physical Geography, Productions, and Inhabitants.
    • ...
  • Ehrenbreitstein, town, Rhenish Prussia.
  • Eibenstock, town, Saxony.
  • Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, German poet.
  • Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried, German Biblical critic.
  • Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich, German jurist.
  • Eichstädt, town, Bavaria.
  • Eider, marine duck.
  • Eilenburg, town, Prussia.
  • Einbeck, town, Prussia.
  • Einsiedeln, town, Switzerland.
  • Eisenach, town, Germany.
  • Eisenberg, town, Germany.
  • Eisenburg, county, Hungary.
  • Eisenstadt, town, Hungary.
  • Eisleben, town, Prussia.
  • Eisteddfod, Welsh bardic congress.
  • Ejectment, in English law.
  • Ekaterinburg, town, Asiatic Russia.
  • Ekaterinodar, town, Russia.
  • Ekaterinoslaff, government & town, Russia.
  • Ekhmin, town, Upper Egypt.
  • Ekron, town of the Philistines.
  • Elagabalus (Heliogabalus, q.v.), Roman emperor.
  • Elam, province, ancient Persia.
  • Eland, antelope.
  • El-Araish, town, Morocco.
  • Elasticity.
  • Elaterum, drug.
  • Elba, island, Mediterranean.
  • Elbe, river, Germany.
  • Elberfeld, town, Rhenish Prussia.
  • Elbeuf, town, France.
  • Elbing, town, Prussia.
  • Elche, town, Spain.
  • Eldad ben Malchi, Jewish traveller.
  • Elder, ecclesiastical officer.
  • Elder, tree.
  • Eldon, Earl of, lord chancellor of England.
  • El Dorado, mythical country, South America.
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