Chapter 88

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.

Jer. xv. 11.

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. "Entreat my wife to come." "I do entreat your patience." Shak.

I must entreat of you some of that money.

Shak.

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.

Poe.

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife.

Gen. xxv. 21.

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.

Rogers.

4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat." Spenser.

Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.

En*treat", v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.

Hakewill.

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them.

1 Mac. x. 47.

2. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.

Knolles.

En*treat", n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.

En*treat"a*ble (?), a. That may be entreated.

En*treat"ance (?), n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax.

En*treat"er (?), n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.

En*treat"ful (?), a. Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.

En*treat"ing*ly, adv. In an entreating manner.

En*treat"ive (?), a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase." A. Brewer.

En*treat"ment (?), n. Entreaty; invitation. [Obs.] Shak.

En*treat"y, n.; pl. Entreaties (&?;). 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment.

Spenser.

Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.

||En`trée" (?), n. [F. See Entry.] 1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.

2. (Cookery) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

||En`tre*mets" (?), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.] 1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

2. Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]

En*trench" (?), v. t. See Intrench.

||En`tre*pôt" (?), n. [F.] A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.

||En`tre*pre*neur" (?), n. [F. See Enterprise.] (Polit. Econ.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. F. A. Walker.

||En`tre*sol" (?), n. [F.] (Arch.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker.

En*trick" (?), v. t. [Cf. OE. entriken to perplex, OF. entriquer. Cf. Trick, Intrigue.] To trick, to perplex. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

En"tro*chal (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

En"tro*chite (?), n. [Pref. en- + Gr. &?; wheel.] (Paleon.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

||En*tro"pi*on (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Entropium.

||En*tro"pi*um (?), n. [NL. See Entropy.] (Med.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.

En"tro*py (?), n. [Gr. &?; a turning in; &?; in + &?; a turn, fr. &?; to turn.] (Thermodynamics) A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h &?; t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.

The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum.

Clausius.

En*trust" (?), v. t. See Intrust.

En"try (?), n.; pl. Entries (#). [OE. entree, entre, F. entrée, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entrée.] 1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.

2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.

A notary made an entry of this act.

Bacon.

3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.

A straight, long entry to the temple led.

Dryden.

4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5.

5. (Law) (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them. (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order. (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. Burrill.

Bill of entry. See under Bill. - - Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping. -- Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business. -- Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. Bouvier.

En"tryng (?), n. Am entrance. [Obs.]

So great an entryng and so large.

Chaucer.

En*tune" (?), v. t. To tune; to intone. Chaucer.

En*twine" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine.] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also intwine.]

Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.

Shelley.

Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine.

Herbert.

En*twine", v. i. To be twisted or twined.

With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.

De Quincey.

En*twine"ment (?), n. A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.

En*twist" (?), v. t. To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak.

E*nu"bi*late (?), v. t. [L. enubilatus, p. p. of enubilare to enubilate; e out + nubila clouds, fr. nubilis cloudy, nubes cloud.] To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity. [R.] Bailey.

E*nu"bi*lous (?), a. [See Enubilate.] Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear. [R.]

E*nu"cle*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enucleated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating (?).] [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.] 1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

2. (Med.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654).

E*nu`cle*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. énucléation.] The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease.

Tooke.

E*nu"mer*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enumerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enumerating (?).] [L. enumeratus, p. p. of enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. See Number.] To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.

Enumerating the services he had done.

Ludlow.

Syn. -- To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate; rehearse; recapitulate; detail.

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E*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [L. enumeratio: cf. F. énumération.] 1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.

Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration.

Paley.

3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.

E*nu"mer*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. énumératif.] Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.

Enumerative of the variety of evils.

Jer. Taylor.

E*nu"mer*a`tor (?), n. One who enumerates.

E*nun"ci*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being enunciated or expressed.

E*nun"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enunciating (?).] [L. enuntiatus, - ciatus, p. p. of enuntiare, -ciare. See Enounce.] 1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel.

Coleridge.

2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

E*nun"ci*ate, v. i. To utter words or syllables articulately.

E*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.] 1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

By way of interpretation and enunciation.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.

3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false.

A. Clarke.

E*nun"ci*a*tive (?), a. [L. enuntiativus, -ciativus.] Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative. Ayliffe. -- E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.

E*nun"ci*a`tor (?), n. [L. enuntiator, enunciator.] One who enunciates or proclaims.

E*nun"ci*a*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.

En*ure" (?), v. t. See Inure.

||En`u*re"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to urinate in; &?; + &?; urine.] (Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

En*vas"sal (?), v. t. To make a vassal of. [Obs.]

En*vault" (?), v. t. To inclose in a vault; to entomb. [R.] Swift.

En*vei"gle (?), v. t. To entice. See Inveigle.

En*vel"op (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enveloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enveloping.] [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF. envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) + voluper, voleper. See Develop.] To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.

Nocturnal shades this world envelop.

J. Philips.

{ En"vel*ope (?; 277), En*vel"op (?; 277), } n. [F. enveloppe.] 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.

3. (Fort.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it. Wilhelm.

4. (Geom.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.

En*vel"op*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.] 1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.

En*ven"ime (?), v. t. To envenom. [Obs.]

En*ven"om (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envenomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envenoming.] [OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. venin poison. See Venom.] 1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.

Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe.

Milton.

O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it!

Shak.

2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.

The envenomed tongue of calumny.

Smollett.

On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed.

Sir G. C. Lewis.

En*ver"meil (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil.] To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [Obs.] Milton.

En"vi*a*ble (?), a. [From Envy.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.

One of most enviable of human beings.

Macaulay.

-- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.

En*vie" (?), v. i. [See Vie.] To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] Spenser.

En"vi*er (?), n. One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.

En*vig"or (?), v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.]

En"vi*ous (?), a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.] 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.

Shak.

2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

My soul is envious of mine eye.

Keble.

Neither be thou envious at the wicked.

Prov. xxiv. 19.

3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away.

Spenser.

4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]

No men are so envious of their health.

Jer. Taylor.

-- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.

En*vi"ron (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed.

Spenser.

Environed he was with many foes.

Shak.

Environ me with darkness whilst I write.

Donne.

En*vi"ron, adv. [F.] About; around. [Obs.]

Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes.

Fairfax.

En*vi"ron*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. environnement.] 1. Act of environing; state of being environed.

2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

It is no friendly environment, this of thine.

Carlyle.

En*vi"rons (?; 277), n. pl. [F.] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.

En*vis"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envisaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging (?).] [F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage.] To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.] Keats.

From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.

McCosh.

En*vis"age*ment (?), n. The act of envisaging.

En*vol"ume (?), v. t. To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [R.]

En*vol"up (?), v. t. [See Envelop.] To wrap up; to envelop. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En"voy (?), n. [F. envoyé envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See Voyage, and cf. Invoice.] 1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth.

Skeat.

En"voy*ship, n. The office or position of an envoy.

En"vy (?), n.; pl. Envies (#). [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.] 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]

If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people.

Shak.

2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar.

Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us.

Ray.

No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more.

Milton.

Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave.

Pope.

3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]

Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy.

Ford.

4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]

To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero.

B. Jonson.

5. An object of envious notice or feeling.

This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world.

Macaulay.

En"vy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envying.] [F. envier.] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty.

Collier.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

Rambler.

2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior.

Shak.

Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes.

Froude.

3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.

T. Gray.

4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.]

If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall.

J. Fletcher.

5. To hate. [Obs.] Marlowe.

6. To emulate. [Obs.] Spenser.

En"vy (?), v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked?

Jer. Taylor.

2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.] "He has . . . envied against the people." Shak.

En*vyned" (?), a. [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.] Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En*wall" (?), v. t. See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney.

En*wal"low (?), v. t. To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.

So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore.

Spenser.

En*wheel" (?), v. t. To encircle. Shak.

En*wid"en (?), v. t. To widen. [Obs.]

En*wind" (?), v. t. To wind about; to encircle.

In the circle of his arms Enwound us both.

Tennyson.

En*wom"an (?), v. t. To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel.

En*womb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enwombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enwombing.] 1. To conceive in the womb. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern. Donne.

En*wrap" (?), v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap.

En*wrap"ment (?), n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford.

En*wreathe" (?), v. t. See Inwreathe. Shelton.

En`zo*öt"ic (n`z*t"k), a. [Gr. 'en in + zw^,on an animal: cf. F. enzoötique.] Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.

En"zyme (n"zm), n. [Pref. en- (Gr. 'en in) + Gr. zy`mh leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.

E"o*cene (?), a. [Gr. &?; daybreak, dawn + &?; new, recent.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. -- n. The Eocene formation. Lyell.

E*o"li*an (?), a. [See Æolian.] 1. Æolian.

2. (Geol.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.

Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.

E*ol"ic (?), a. & n. See Æolic.

E*ol"i*pile (?), n. [Cf. F. éolipyle.] Same as Æolipile.

E"o*lis (?), n. [L. Aeolis a daughter of Æolus, Gr. A'ioli`s.] (Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillæ along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Written also Æolis.]

{ E"on (?), Æ"on (?), } n. [L. aeon, fr. Gr. a'iwn space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum. See Age.] 1. An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

The eons of geological time.

Huxley.

2. (Gnostic Philos.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.

Among the higher Æons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life.

Am. Cyc.

Eons were considered to be emanations sent forth by God from the depths of His grand solitude to fulfill various functions in the material and spiritual universe.

E"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. &?; dawn + &?; a plant.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.

E`o*phyt"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to eophytes.

||E"os (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'Hw`s.] (Gr. Myth.) Aurora, the goddess of morn.

||E`o*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

E"o*sin (?), n. [Gr. &?; dawn.] (Chem.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresceïn, and named from the fine rose- red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.

E*os"pho*rite (?), n. [From Gr. &?; Bringer of morn.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.

E`o*zo"ic (?), a. [See Eozoön.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.

This term has been proposed for the strata formerly called Azoic, and is preferred especially by those geologists who regard the eozoön as of organic origin. See Archæan.

||E`o*zo"ön (?), n.; pl. Eozoöns (#), L. Eozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.] (Paleon.) A peculiar structure found in the Archæan limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.

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E`o*zo"ön*al (`*z"n*al), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the eozoön; containing eozoöns; as, eozoönal limestone.

Ep- (p-). [Gr. 'epi`.] See Epi-.

||Ep"a*cris (p"*krs), n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.