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ecbole — /ekˈbo lē/ noun 1. A digression (rhetoric) 2. In ancient music, the raising or sharpening of a tone ORIGIN: Gr ekbolē throwing out, from ek out of, and ballein to throw • • • ecbolˈic adjective (medicine) Inducing contractions of the uterus… … Useful english dictionary
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Ecballium — Ec*bal li*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Ecbole}.] (Bot.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ecbolic — Ec*bol ic, n. [See {Ecbole}.] (Med.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
digression — n 1. maundering, descanting, being diffuse, being episodic, rhapsodizing, waxing long winded, circumlocution, going off on or at a tangent, beating around the bush; (all of writing or speaking) deviating, divagating, deflecting, diverging,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
