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ENGIS, a cave on the banks of the Meuse near Liege, Belgium, where in 1832 Dr P. C. Schmerling found human remains in deposits belonging to the Quaternary period. Bones of the cavebear, mammoth, rhinoceros and hyena were discovered in association with parts of ...

ENNIS (Gaelic, Innis, an island; Irish, Ennis and Inish), the county town of Co. Clare, Ireland, in the east parliamentary division, on the river Fergus, 25 m. W.N.W. from Limerick by the Great Southern & Western railway. Pop. of urban district (1901) 5093. It

ENGINE (Lat. ingenium), a term which in the time of Chaucer had the meaning of " natural talent " or " ability," corresponding to the Latin from which it is derived (cf. " A man hath sapiences thre, Memorie, engin, and intellect also," Second Nun's Tale, 339);

ENNIUS, QUINTUS (239-170 B.C.), ancient Latin poet, was born at Rudiae in Calabria. Familiar with Greek as the language in common use among the cultivated classes of his district, and with Oscan, the prevailing dialect of lower Italy, he further acquired a kno

... s corps consisted of masons, carpenters, smiths, tentmakers, miners, armourers, ENGIS gunners and artillerymen. At the siege of Harfleur in 1415 the chief engineer was designated Master of the King's Works, Guns and Ordnance, and the corps under him numbered 5 ...