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n. [ Ir. ] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country, deposited by streams in meltwater channels under glaciers. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. The spelling form esker is now the most commonly used, and the term is applied in geology to similar ridges created by glaciers anywhere in the world. Eskers vary in size and extent, but can be 100 feet high and up to 100 miles long. [ Written also eskar and esker. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. eschara, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. eschare. See Scar. ] (Med.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a grate, a pan of coals. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an eschar: cf. F. escharotique. ] (Med.) Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the last or final things. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the furthest, last + -logy. ] The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected. [ 1913 Webster ]