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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ĕx'tri-ca-ble, a.p. 487Capable of being extricated.
  2. Ex'tri-cāte, v. t.p. 487To free from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate one's self from debt. We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustace. 2.…
  3. Ĕx/tri-cā/tion, n.p. 487The act of extrication or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement. 2. The act of sending out or evolving; as, the extrication of heat or moisture from a substance.
  4. Ex-trĭn'sĭc or Ex-trĭn'sĭc-al, a.p. 487Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; —opposed to intrinsic. “The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture.” I. Taylor.
  5. Ex-trin'si-cāl'i-ty, n.p. 487The state of being extrinsical; externality.
  6. Ex-trin'si-cal-ly, adv.p. 487In an extrinsic or unessential manner; externally.
  7. Ex-trō'i-tive, a.p. 487Seeking or going out after external objects. [Rare.] “Their natures being almost wholly extroitive.” Coleridge.
  8. Ex-trôr'sal or Ex-trôrse', a.p. 487(Bot.) Occupying the outside of the filament or connective, and turned toward or facing the petals and sepals;—said of an anther.
  9. Ex'tro-vēr'sion, n.p. 487The condition of being turned wrong side out, as in the mal-formation of the bladder. Dunglison.
  10. Ex-trūct', v. t.p. 487To build; to construct. [Obs.] Byrom.
  11. Ex-trŭc'tion, n.p. 487A building. [Obs.] Cockram.
  12. Ex-trŭc'tive, a.p. 487Forming into a structure; constructive. [Obs.] Falke.
  13. Ex-trăct'or, n.p. 487One who extracts; a builder; a fabricator; a contriver. [Obs.] Bailey.
  14. Ex-tru'de', v. t.p. 487To thrust out; to urge, force, or press out; to expel. “Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin.” Coleridge. 2. To drive away; to drive off. Woodward.
  15. Ex-tru'sion, n.p. 487The act of thrusting or throwing out; a driving out; expulsion; as, extrusion from all their dominions.
  16. Ex-tū'ber-ançe, n.p. 487
  17. Ex-tū'ber-an-cyp. 487A swelling or rising of any part of a body; a protuberance. Moxon.
  18. Ex-tū'ber-ant, a.p. 487Standing out; swelled. “Extuberant lips.” Gayton.
  19. Ex-tū'ber-āte, v. i.p. 487To swell. [Obs.] Cockram.
  20. Ex-tū'ber-ā'tion, n.p. 487The state of being extuberant; extuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.
  21. Ĕx'tu-mĕs'çence, n.p. 487A swelling or rising. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  22. Ex-ū'ber-ance or Ex-ū'ber-an-cy, n.p. 487The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; richness; superfluous abundance; luxuriance; as, an exuberance of joy; an exuberance of fancy or of foliage. Syn.—Abundance; excess; plenty…
  23. Ex-ū'ber-ant, a.p. 487Characterized by abundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; over-abundant; superfluous; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. “Exuberant spring.” Thomson.
  24. Ex-ū'ber-ant-ly, adv.p. 487Abundantly; very copiously; in great plenty; to a superfluous degree; as, the earth has produced exuberantly.
  25. Ex-ū'ber-āte, v. i.p. 487To abound; to be in great abundance or plenty. [Obs.] Boyle.
  26. Ex-ŭc'coŭs, a.p. 487See EXSUCCOUS. Browne.
  27. Ex-ū'dāte, v. t. & i.p. 487To pass, or cause to pass, outward or through the pores; to exude. [Obs.] Browne.
  28. Ĕx'ū-dā'tion, n.p. 487The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors or moisture. 2. The substance exuded.
  29. Ex-ūde', v. t.p. 487To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in the greatest abundance. Dwight.
  30. Ex-ūde', v. i.p. 487To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
  31. Ex-ŭl'çer-āte, v. t.p. 487To afflict with an ulcer; to form an ulcer on. [Obs.] “To exulcerate the lungs.” Evelyn. 2. To afflict; to corrode; to fret or anger. [Obs.] “Minds exulcerated in themselves.” Hooker.
  32. Ex-ŭl'cer-āte, v. i.p. 487To become an ulcer or ulcerous. [Obs.] Bacon.
  33. Ex-ūl'cer-ā'tion, n.p. 487The act of causing ulcers on a body, or the process of becoming ulcerous. Quincy. 2. A fretting; exacerbation; corrosion. Hooker.
  34. Ex-ūl'çer-a-tīve, a.p. 487Serving to exulcerate; exulceratory. [Obs.] Holland.
  35. Ex-ŭl'çer-a-to-ry, a.p. 487Having a tendency to form ulcers.
  36. Ex-ŭlt', v. i.p. 487To leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph; to be glad above measure; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. “An exulting countenance.” Bancroft. The lame his crutch forego, And leap, exulting, like the…
  37. Ex-ŭlt'ançe or Ex-ŭlt'an-çy, n.p. 487Exultation. [Obs.] Hammond.
  38. Ex-ŭlt'ant, a.p. 487Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; triumphant; transported. “Break away, exultant, from every defilement.” I. Taylor.
  39. Ĕx/ul-tā'tion, n.p. 487The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph. Your exultation partake to every one. Shak. His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott.
  40. Ex-ūlt'ing-ly, adv.p. 487In an exulting or triumphant manner.
  41. Ex-ūn'dāte, v. i.p. 487To overflow; to inundate. [Obs.] Bailey.
  42. Ex-ūn-dā'tion, n.p. 487An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [Obs.] Ray.
  43. Ex-ŭn'gu-lāte, v. t.p. 487To pare off the nails of; to remove the nails from. [Rare.]
  44. Ex-ū'per-a-ble, a.p. 488Capable of being overcome or surpassed; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.
  45. Ex-ū'per-ance, n.p. 488A passing over or beyond; excess; overbalance. [Obs.] Digby.
  46. Ex-ū'per-ant, a.p. 488Passing over or beyond; exceeding; surmounting; of greater proportion. [Obs.] Bailey.
  47. Ex-ū'per-āte, v. t.p. 488To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]
  48. Ex-ū'per-ā'tion, n.p. 488The act of excelling. [Obs.]
  49. Ex-ūr'gence, n.p. 488The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.
  50. Ex-ūr'gent, a.p. 488Arising. [Obs.]
  51. Ex-ŭs'ci-tāte, v. t.p. 488To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Bailey.
  52. Ex-ŭs'tion, n.p. 488Act or operation of burning up. Bailey.
  53. Ex-ū'to-ry, n.p. 488(Med.) An issue; a small ulcer produced artificially, and kept open for therapeutic purposes.
  54. Ex-ū'vi-a-bil'i-ty, n.p. 488Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.
  55. Ex-ū'vi-a-ble, a.p. 488Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.
  56. Ex-ū'vi-æ, n. pl.p. 488Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of serpents, the shells of lobsters, &c. 2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains…
  57. Ex-ū'vi-āte, v. i.p. 488To lay aside an old coat or condition as preliminary to taking a new one; as, a crab exuviates yearly. Dana.
  58. Ex-ū-vi-ā'tion, n.p. 488The rejecting or casting off of some part, as the deciduous teeth, or the shells of crustaceans, the skin of serpents, &c.
  59. Eŷ, n.p. 488An island. [Obs.] Johnson.
  60. Eÿ'a-let, n.p. 488A Turkish government or principality, under the administration of a vizier or pacha of the first class.