a small market-town of England, county of Cumberland, on the Eden, 2½ miles from the coast. The parish church, St Mary's, is an ancient edifice. The ruins of Egremont castle stand on an eminence near the town. Large quantities of iron ore are excavated in the neighbourhood. Market-day Saturday. Pop. of parish 2049.

** EGLANTINE**, a name of the sweet-briar, *Rosa rubiginosa*, so frequently alluded to by our old poets. Warton justly observes—that Milton in the *Allegro* has applied the word improperly to the *honeysuckle*.

Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine.

**EGRET.** See index to Ornithology.