Vocabulary : Esculent to Esentially
Esculent : Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. ;; Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.Esculic : Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.
Esculin : A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
Escurial : A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.
Escutcheon : The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. ;; A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. ;; That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written. ;; A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole. ;; The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
