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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
E'ARWIG, n. A genus of insects of the order of Coleopters. The antennae are bristly; the elytra dimidiated; the wings covered; and the tail forked. This animal is called in Latin forficula, from the forceps at the end of the abdomen. The English name was given to it from an ill founded notion that the animal creeps into the ear and causes injury.
In New England, this name is vulgarly given to a species of centiped.
Any insect of the genus Forticula and
related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.
In America, any small
chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.
* Both insects are so called from the supposition that they creep into the human ear. A whisperer of insinuations; a secret
counselor.
Johnson. To influence, or attempt to influence,
by whispered insinuations or private talk.
"No longer was he
earwigged by the Lord Cravens." Lord Campbell. | ||||||||