ebllience.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the movement of the tide out to sea (also attrib. : ebb tide).
2 the process of draining away of flood-water etc.

--v.

intr. (often foll. by away)
1 (of tidewater) flow out to sea; recede; drain away.
2 decline; run low (his life was ebbing away).

at a low ebb in a poor condition or state of decline. ebb and flow a continuing process of decline and upturn in circumstances. on the ebb in decline. [OE ebba, ebbian]

ebllience.html - n.
= VULCANITE. [EBONY + -ITE(1)]

ebllience.html - n. & adj.
--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 a heavy hard dark wood used for furniture.
2 any of various trees of the genus Diospyros producing this.

--adj.

1 made of ebony.
2 black like ebony. [earlier hebeny f. (h)eben(e) = ebon, perh. after ivory]

ebllience.html - disp. adj.
1 exuberant, high-spirited.
2 Chem. boiling.

ebullience n. ebulliency n. ebulliently adv. [L ebullire ebullient- bubble out (as E-, bullire boil)]

ebllience.html - {adj. phr.} Every. - Used for emphasis. * /The captain wants each and every man to be here at eight o'clock./ * /The teacher must learn the name of each and every pupil./ Syn.: EVERY SINGLE.

ebllience.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} A person who is always eager to work or do anything extra, perhaps to win the favor of his leader or boss. * /Jack likes his teacher and works hard for her, but his classmates call him an eager beaver./ * /The man who was promoted to be manager was an eager beaver who got to work early and left late and was always offering to do extra work./