English Dictionary: Equisetum arvense | by the DICT Development Group |
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Easy \Eas"y\, a. [Compar. {Easier}; superl. {Easiest}.] [OF. aisi[82], F. ais[82], prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See {Ease}, v. t.] 1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: (a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. [bd]The easy vigor of a line.[b8] --Pope. 2. Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. [bd]Easy ways to die.[b8] --Shak. 3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory. It were an easy leap. --Shak. 4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion. 5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready. He gained their easy hearts. --Dryden. He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. --Sir W. Scott. 6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. (Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to {tight}. {Honors are easy} (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points. Syn: Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned. | |
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Echo \Ech"o\, n.; pl. {Echoes}. [L. echo, Gr. [?] echo, sound, akin to [?], [?], sound, noise; cf. Skr. v[be][?] to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. [82]cho.] 1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. --Shak. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. --Pope. 2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. --Fuller. Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them. Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. --Milton. (b) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice. Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. --Milton. {Echo organ} (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. {Echo stop} (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. {To applaud to the echo}, to give loud and continuous applause. --M. Arnold. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. --Shak. | |
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Ecostate \E*cos"tate\, a. [Pref. e- + costate.] (Bot.) Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf. | |
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Egest \E*gest"\, v. t. [L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.] (Physiol.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys. | |
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Egestion \E*ges"tion\, n. [L. egestio.] Act or process of egesting; a voiding. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Egoist \E"go*ist\, n. [F. [82]go[8b]ste. See {Egoism}.] 1. One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self. I, dullard egoist, taking no special recognition of such nobleness. --Carlyle. 2. (Philos.) A believer in egoism. | |
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Egoistic \E`go*is"tic\, Egoistical \E`go*is"tic*al\, a. Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving. Ill-natured feeling, or egoistic pleasure in making men miserable. --G. Eliot. | |
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Egoistic \E`go*is"tic\, Egoistical \E`go*is"tic*al\, a. Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving. Ill-natured feeling, or egoistic pleasure in making men miserable. --G. Eliot. | |
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Egoistically \E`go*is"tic*al*ly\, adv. In an egoistic manner. | |
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Eject \E"ject\, n. [See {Eject}, v. t.] (Philos.) An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself; -- a term invented by W. K. Clifford. | |
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Eject \E*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ejecting}.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. [bd]Eyes ejecting flame.[b8] --H. Brooke. 2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate. Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void. | |
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Eject \E*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ejecting}.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. [bd]Eyes ejecting flame.[b8] --H. Brooke. 2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate. Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void. | |
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Eject \E*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ejecting}.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. [bd]Eyes ejecting flame.[b8] --H. Brooke. 2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate. Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void. | |
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Ejection \E*jec"tion\, n. [L. ejectio: cf. F. [82]jection.] 1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation. [bd]Vast ejection of ashes.[b8] --Eustace. [bd]The ejection of a word.[b8] --Johnson. 2. (Physiol.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions. 3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment. | |
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Ejectment \E*ject"ment\, n. 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes. 2. (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. --Wharton. | |
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Ejector \E*ject"or\, n. That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell. | |
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Ejector \E*ject"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. 2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. {Ejector condenser} (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. | |
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Ejector \E*ject"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. 2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. {Ejector condenser} (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. | |
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Equestrian \E*ques"tri*an\, n. One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider. | |
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Equestrian \E*ques"tri*an\, a. [L. equester, from eques horseman, fr. equus horse: cf. F. [82]questre. See {Equine}.] 1. Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games. 2. Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue. An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains. --Spectator. 3. Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order. --Burke. | |
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Equestrianism \E*ques"tri*an*ism\, n. The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism. | |
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Equestrienne \E*ques"tri*enne`\, n. [Formed after analogy of the French language.] A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman. | |
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d8Equisetum \[d8]Eq`ui*se"tum\, n.; pl. {Equiseta}. [L., the horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair, bristle.] (Bot.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called {horsetails}. Note: The {Equiseta} have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one species ({E. hyemale}) is used for scouring and polishing, under the name of {Dutch rush} or {scouring rush}. | |
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Equisetaceous \E`qui*se*ta"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the {Equisetace[91]}, or Horsetail family. | |
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Equisetiform \E`qui*set"i*form\, a. [Equisetum- + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form of the equisetum. | |
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Toad \Toad\, n. [OE. tode, tade, AS. t[be]die, t[be]dige; of unknown origin. Cf. {Tadpole}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus {Bufo} and allied genera, especially those of the family {Bufonid[91]}. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid. Note: The common toad ({Bufo vulgaris}) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad ({B. lentiginosus}) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping. {Obstetrical toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Obstetrical}. {Surinam toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pita}. {Toad lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a horned toad. {Toad pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant ({Equisetum limosum}) growing in muddy places. --Dr. Prior. {Toad rush} (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush ({Juncus bufonius}). {Toad snatcher} (Zo[94]l.), the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Toad spittle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Tree toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tree}. | |
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Essayist \Es"say*ist\ (?; 277), n. A writer of an essay, or of essays. --B. Jonson. | |
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Exact \Ex*act"\, a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See {Agent}, {Act}.] 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) 2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. [bd]I see thou art exact of taste.[b8] --Milton. 3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. --Shak. | |
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Exact \Ex*act"\, v. i. To practice exaction. [R.] The anemy shall not exact upon him. --Ps. lxxxix. 22. | |
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Exact \Ex*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacting}.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See {Exact}, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. --Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. --Massinger. | |
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Exact \Ex*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacting}.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See {Exact}, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. --Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. --Massinger. | |
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Exacter \Ex*act"er\, n. An exactor. [R.] | |
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Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. [bd]A temper so exacting.[b8] --T. Arnold -- {Ex*act"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*act"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Exact \Ex*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacting}.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See {Exact}, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. --Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. --Massinger. | |
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Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. [bd]A temper so exacting.[b8] --T. Arnold -- {Ex*act"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*act"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. [bd]A temper so exacting.[b8] --T. Arnold -- {Ex*act"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*act"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Exaction \Ex*ac"tion\, n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.] 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my people. --Ezek. xlv. 9. Daily new exactions are devised. --Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. --Bancroft. 2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. --Daniel. | |
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Exactly \Ex*act"ly\, adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. [bd]Exactly wrought.[b8] --Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. --Bancroft. | |
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Exactness \Ex*act"ness\, n. 1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment. 2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business. He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. --Macaulay. | |
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Exactor \Ex*act"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. exacteur.] One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Exactress \Ex*act"ress\, n. [Cf. L. exactrix.] A woman who is an exactor. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Exacuate \Ex*ac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.] To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Ex*ac`u*a"tion}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Exacuate \Ex*ac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.] To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Ex*ac`u*a"tion}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Exagitate \Ex*ag"i*tate\, v. t. [L. exagitatus, p. p. of exagitare. See {Ex-}, and {Agitate}.] 1. To stir up; to agitate. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. 2. To satirize; to censure severely. [Obs.] --Hooker. | |
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Exagitation \Ex*ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. exagitatio : cf. OF. exagitation.] Agitation. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Exauctorate \Ex*auc"tor*ate\, v. t. See {Exauthorate}. [Obs.] | |
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Exauctoration \Ex*auc`tor*a"tion\, n. See {Exauthoration}. | |
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Excecate \Ex*ce"cate\, v. t. [L. excaecatus, p. p. of excaecare to blind; ex (intens.) + caecare to blind, caecus blind.] To blind. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Excecation \Ex`ce*ca"tion\, n. The act of making blind. [Obs.] --Bp. Richardson. | |
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Excise \Ex*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excising}.] 1. To lay or impose an excise upon. 2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Excoct \Ex*coct"\v. t. [L. excoctus, p. p. of excoquere to excoct. See 3d {Cook}.] To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Excoction \Ex*coc"tion\ [L. excoctio.] The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Excogitate \Ex*cog"i*tate\, v. i. To cogitate. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Excogitate \Ex*cog"i*tate\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excogitated}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Excogitating}.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See {Cogitate}.] To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. [bd]Excogitate strange arts.[b8] --Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. --Whewell. | |
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Excogitate \Ex*cog"i*tate\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excogitated}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Excogitating}.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See {Cogitate}.] To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. [bd]Excogitate strange arts.[b8] --Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. --Whewell. | |
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Excogitate \Ex*cog"i*tate\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excogitated}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Excogitating}.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See {Cogitate}.] To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. [bd]Excogitate strange arts.[b8] --Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. --Whewell. | |
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Excogitation \Ex*cog`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance. | |
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Excusation \Ex`cu*sa"tion\, n. [L. excusatio: cf. F. excusation.] Excuse; apology. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Excusator \Ex`cu*sa"tor\, n. [L.] One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [Obs.] --Hume. | |
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Excusatory \Ex*cus"a*to*ry\, a. Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea. | |
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Excuse \Ex*cuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excusing}.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See {Cause}.] 1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit. A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law. --Abp. Sharp. 2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. I must excuse what can not be amended. --Shak. 3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains. --Pope. 4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture. I pray thee have me excused. --xiv. 19. 5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? --2 Cor. xii. 19. Syn: To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit. Usage: - {To Pardon}, {Excuse}, {Forgive}. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations, slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse. | |
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Exect \Ex*ect"\, v. t. [See {Exsect}.] To cut off or out. [Obs.] See {Exsect}. --Harvey. | |
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Exection \Ex*ec"tion\, n. [Obs.] See {Exsection}. | |
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Executable \Ex"e*cu`ta*ble\, a. Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.] | |
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Executant \Ex*ec"u*tant\, n. One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument. Great executants on the organ. --De Quincey. | |
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Execute \Ex"e*cute\, v. i. 1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] --Hayward. 2. To perform musically. | |
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Execute \Ex"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Executed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Executing}.] [F. ex[82]cuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See {Second}, {Sue} to follow up, and cf. {Exequy}.] 1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform. Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day? --Milton. 2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc. 3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process. 4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor. 5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See {Accomplish}. | |
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Execute \Ex"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Executed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Executing}.] [F. ex[82]cuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See {Second}, {Sue} to follow up, and cf. {Exequy}.] 1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform. Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day? --Milton. 2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc. 3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process. 4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor. 5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See {Accomplish}. | |
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Executer \Ex"e*cu`ter\, n. One who performs or carries into effect. See {Executor}. | |
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Execute \Ex"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Executed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Executing}.] [F. ex[82]cuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See {Second}, {Sue} to follow up, and cf. {Exequy}.] 1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform. Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day? --Milton. 2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc. 3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process. 4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor. 5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See {Accomplish}. | |
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Execution \Ex`e*cu"tion\, n. [F. ex[82]cution, L. executio, exsecutio.] 1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. --Dryden. 2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. A warrant for his execution. --Shak. 3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. The first quality of execution is truth. --Ruskin. 4. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will. 5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do. To do some fatal execution. --Shak. 6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] --Beau. & FL. | |
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Executioner \Ex`e*cu"tion*er\, n. 1. One who executes; an executer. --Bacon. 2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman. | |
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Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, n. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body. | |
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Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, a. [Cf.F. ex[82]cutif.] Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc. Note: In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Executively \Ex*ec"u*tive*ly\, adv. In the way of executing or performing. | |
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Executor \Ex*ec"u*tor\, n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. ex[82]cuteur. Cf. {Executer}.] 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. --Shak. 2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors paw[?] The lazy, yawning drone. --Shak. 3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease. {[d8]Executor de son tort} [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person. | |
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Executorial \Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al\, a. [LL. executorialis.] Of or pertaining to an executive. | |
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Executorship \Ex*ec"u*tor*ship\, n. The office of an executor. | |
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Executory \Ex*ec"u*to*ry\, a. [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. ex[82]cutoire.] 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive. The official and executory duties of government. --Burke. 2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. --Blackstone. | |
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Executress \Ex*ec"u*tress\, n. [Cf.F. ex[82]cutrice.] An executrix. | |
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Executrix \Ex*ec"u*trix\, n. [LL.] (Law) A woman exercising the functions of an executor. | |
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Exegete \Ex"e*gete\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf.F. ex[82]g[8a]te. See {Exegesis}.] An exegetist. | |
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Exegetist \Ex`e*ge"tist\, n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called {exegete}. | |
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Exegete \Ex"e*gete\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf.F. ex[82]g[8a]te. See {Exegesis}.] An exegetist. | |
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Exegetist \Ex`e*ge"tist\, n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called {exegete}. | |
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Exegetic \Ex`e*get"ic\, Exegetical \Ex`e*get"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. ex[82]g[82]tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. --Walker. {Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Exegetic \Ex`e*get"ic\, Exegetical \Ex`e*get"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. ex[82]g[82]tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. --Walker. {Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Exegetic \Ex`e*get"ic\, Exegetical \Ex`e*get"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. ex[82]g[82]tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. --Walker. {Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Exegetics \Ex`e*get"ics\, n. The science of interpretation or exegesis. | |
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Exegetist \Ex`e*ge"tist\, n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called {exegete}. | |
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Exestuate \Ex*es"tu*ate\, v. i. [L. exaestuatus,p. p. of exaestuare to boil up. See {Estuate}.] To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.] | |
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Exestuation \Ex*es`tu*a"tion\, n. [L. exaestuatio.] A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, n. (Steam Engine) 1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there. 2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. 2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury. 3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley. 4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject. 5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. {Exhausted receiver}. (Physics) See under {Receiver}. Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See {Port} a harbor, and cf. {Porte}.] 1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic] Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered. --Shak. Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing. --Milton. 2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening. Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face. {Air port}, {Bridle port}, etc. See under {Air}, {Bridle}, etc. {Port bar} (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale. {Port lid} (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel. {Steam port}, [and] {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Steam \Steam\, n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[a0]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. [?] to erect, [?] a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The elastic, a[89]riform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor. 2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage. 3. Any exhalation. [bd]A steam og rich, distilled perfumes.[b8] --Milton. {Dry steam}, steam which does not contain water held in suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to superheated steam. {Exhaust steam}. See under {Exhaust}. {High steam}, [or] {High-pressure steam}, steam of which the pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere. {Low steam}, [or] {Low-pressure steam}, steam of which the pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above, that of the atmosphere. {Saturated steam}, steam at the temperature of the boiling point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also applied to {wet steam}. {Superheated steam}, steam heated to a temperature higher than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water, and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged steam}, {anhydrous steam}, and {steam gas}. {Wet steam}, steam which contains water held in suspension mechanically; -- called also {misty steam}. Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived from steam, in distinction from other sources of power; as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc. {Steam blower}. (a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire. (b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine. {Steam boiler}, a boiler for producing steam. See {Boiler}, 3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues, which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler, enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g the safety value; hthe water gauge. {Steam car}, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a locomotive. {Steam carriage}, a carriage upon wheels moved on common roads by steam. {Steam casing}. See {Steam jacket}, under {Jacket}. {Steam chest}, the box or chamber from which steam is distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump, etc., and which usually contains one or more values; -- called also {valve chest}, and {valve box}. See Illust. of {Slide valve}, under {Slide}. {Steam chimney}, an annular chamber around the chimney of a boiler furnace, for drying steam. {Steam coil}, a coil of pipe, or collection of connected pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying, etc. {Steam colors} (Calico Printing), colors in which the chemical reaction fixed the coloring matter in the fiber is produced by steam. {Steam cylinder}, the cylinder of a steam engine, which contains the piston. See Illust. of {Slide valve}, under {Slide}. {Steam dome} (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the boiler, from which steam is conduced to the engine. See Illust. of Steam boiler, above. {Steam fire engine}, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling. {Steam fitter}, a fitter of steam pipes. {Steam fitting}, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter; also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes. {Steam gas}. See {Superheated steam}, above. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for indicating the pressure of the steam in a boiler. The {mercurial steam gauge} is a bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which is connected with the boiler while the other is open to the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the mercury in the long limb of the tume to a height proportioned to that pressure. A more common form, especially for high pressures, consists of a spring pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube, closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or a mass of confined air, etc. {Steam gun}, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles may be thrown by the elastic force of steam. {Steam hammer}, a hammer for forging, which is worked directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end of the cylinder. {Steam heater}. (a) A radiator heated by steam. (b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator, piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam. {Steam jacket}. See under {Jacket}. {Steam packet}, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and running periodically between certain ports. {Steam pipe}, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine. {Steam plow} [or] {plough}, a plow, or gang of plows, moved by a steam engine. {Steam port}, an opening for steam to pass through, as from the steam chest into the cylinder. {Steam power}, the force or energy of steam applied to produce results; power derived from a steam engine. {Steam propeller}. See {Propeller}. {Steam pump}, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is usually direct-acting. {Steam room} (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam. {Steam table}, a table on which are dishes heated by steam for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel, restaurant, etc. {Steam trap}, a self-acting device by means of which water that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will be discharged without permitting steam to escape. {Steam tug}, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling ships. {Steam vessel}, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship; -- a steamer. {Steam whistle}, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a warning signal. The steam issues from a narrow annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it, and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a common whistle. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. {Exhaust draught}, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. {Exhaust fan}, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. {Exhaust nozzle}, {Exhaust orifice} (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. {Exhaust pipe} (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. {Exhaust port} (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. {Exhaust purifier} (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight. {Exhaust steam} (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. {Exhaust valve} (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. 2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury. 3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley. 4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject. 5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. {Exhausted receiver}. (Physics) See under {Receiver}. Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary. | |
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Receiver \Re*ceiv"er\, n. [Cf. F. receveur.] 1. One who takes or receives in any manner. 2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. --Bouvier. 3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. --Blackstone. 4. (Chem.) (a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases. 5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. {Bell jar}, and see Illust. of {Air pump}. 6. (Steam Engine) (a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. (b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine. 7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter. {Exhausted receiver} (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. 2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury. 3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley. 4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject. 5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. {Exhausted receiver}. (Physics) See under {Receiver}. Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary. | |
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Exhauster \Ex*haust"er\n. One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out. | |
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Exhaustibility \Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability of being exhausted. I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Exhaustible \Ex*haust"i*ble\, a. Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. --Johnson. | |
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Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. 2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury. 3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. --Motley. 4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject. 5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. {Exhausted receiver}. (Physics) See under {Receiver}. Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary. | |
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Exhausting \Ex*haust"ing\, a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. -- {Ex*haust"ing}, adv. | |
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Exhaustion \Ex*haus"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exhaustion.] 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents. 2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits. 3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus. | |
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Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, a. Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. {Ex*haust"ive*ly}, adv. | |
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Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, a. Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. {Ex*haust"ive*ly}, adv. | |
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Exhaustless \Ex*haust"less\, a. Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store. | |
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Exhaustment \Ex*haust"ment\, n. Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.] | |
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Exhausture \Ex*haus"ture\, n. Exhaustion. --Wraxall. | |
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Exiccate \Ex"ic*cate\, v. t. See {Exsiccate}. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Exiccation \Ex`ic*ca"tion\, n. See {Exsiccation}. [Obs.] | |
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Exiguity \Ex`i*gu"i*ty\, n. [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguit[82].] Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] --Boyle. | |
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Exist \Ex*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Existed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Existing}.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. --Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. --South. 2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign. 3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land. Syn: See {Be}. | |
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Exist \Ex*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Existed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Existing}.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. --Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. --South. 2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign. 3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land. Syn: See {Be}. | |
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Existence \Ex*ist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. existence.] 1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. The main object of our existence. --Lubbock. 2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. --J. S. Mill. 3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences. | |
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Existency \Ex*ist"en*cy\, n. Existence. [R.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Existent \Ex*ist"ent\, a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See {Exist}.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. --Dryden. | |
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Existential \Ex`is*ten"tial\, a. Having existence. [Archaic] --Bp. Barlow. --{Ex`is*ten"tial*ly}, adv. [Archaic] Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. --Colerige. | |
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Existential \Ex`is*ten"tial\, a. Having existence. [Archaic] --Bp. Barlow. --{Ex`is*ten"tial*ly}, adv. [Archaic] Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. --Colerige. | |
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Exister \Ex*ist"er\, n. One who exists. | |
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Existible \Ex*ist"i*ble\, a. Capable of existence. --Grew. | |
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Existimation \Ex*is`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See {Estimate}.] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] --Steele. | |
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Exist \Ex*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Existed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Existing}.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. --Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. --South. 2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign. 3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land. Syn: See {Be}. | |
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d8Volador \[d8]Vo*la*dor"\, n. [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A flying fish of California ({Exoc[oe]tus Californicus}): -- called also {volator}. (b) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under {Flying}. | |
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Exossation \Ex`os*sa"tion\, n. A depriving of bone or of fruit stones. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Exosstate \Ex*os"state\, v. t. [L. exossatus, p. p. of exossare to bone, fr. exos without bones; ex out + os, ossis, bone.] To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Exostome \Ex"o*stome\, n. [Exo- + Gr. [?] mouth :cf. F. exostome.] (Bot.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant. | |
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Exquisite \Ex"qui*site\, a. [L. exquisitus, p. p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See {Quest}.] 1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship. Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and exquisite form. --Shak. I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. --Shak. 2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure. 3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment. His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. --Fuller. Syn: Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect. | |
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Exquisite \Ex"qui*site\, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy. | |
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Exquisitely \Ex"qui*site*ly\, adv. In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought. To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. --Hawthorne. | |
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Exquisiteness \Ex"qui*site*ness\, n. Quality of being exquisite. | |
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Exquisitive \Ex*quis"i*tive\, a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] --Todd. -- {Ex*quis"i*tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Exquisitive \Ex*quis"i*tive\, a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] --Todd. -- {Ex*quis"i*tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Exsect \Ex*sect"\, v. t. [L. exsectio.] 1. A cutting out or away. --E. Darwin. 2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out. | |
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Exsiccate \Ex"sic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exsiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exsiccating}.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Exsiccate \Ex"sic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exsiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exsiccating}.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Exsiccate \Ex"sic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exsiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exsiccating}.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Exsiccation \Ex`sic*ca"tion\, n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Exsiccative \Ex*sic"ca*tive\, a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying. | |
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Exsiccator \Ex"sic*ca`tor\, n. (Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid. | |
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Exsuction \Ex*suc"tion\, n. [L. exsugere, exsuctum, to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion.] The act of sucking out. | |
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Exsuscitate \Ex*sus"ci*tate\, v. t. [L. exsuscitatus, p. p. of exsuscitare; ex out + suscitare. See {Suscitate}.] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Exsuscitation \Ex*sus`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. exsuscitatio.] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] --Hallywell. | |
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Exuscitate \Ex*us"ci*tate\, v. t. See {Exsuscitate} [Obs.] --T. Adams. | |
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Exustion \Ex*us"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. exustio, fr. exurere, exustum, to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.] The act or operation of burning up. --Bailey. | |
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Eyesight \Eye"sight`\, n. Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation. Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
executable {machine language} which is ready to be {execute}d (run). The term might also be, but generally isn't, applied to {scripts} which are interpreted by a {command line interpreter}. Executables are distinguished in {Unix} by having the execute permission bits set, at least for the owner. {MS-DOS} uses the {filename extension} ".exe". (1997-06-21) | |
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executable content another via a network. For example a {Java} {applet} is executable content. Usage: rare. (1998-03-23) | |
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execute {execution} | |
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execution the {instructions} in a computer program by a computer. See also {dry run}. (1996-05-13) | |
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executive {operating system}. The term is used especially around {mainframes} and probably derived from {UNIVAC}'s archaic {EXEC 2} and current (in 2000) {EXEC 8} {operating systems}. (2000-08-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Executive Systems Programming Oriented Language for low level actions, e.g. interrupting another processor on a multiprocessor system. Its single pass compiler was very fast: over 250 lines/s on a 10MHz processor. ESPOL was used to write the MCP (Master Control Program) on the {Burroughs 6700}. It was superseded by {NEWP}. ["The B6700 ESPOL Reference Manual", Burroughs, 1970]. (2001-06-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
exhaustive testing combinations of inputs or values for program variables. (1996-05-13) | |
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existential quantifier {quantifier} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Executioner (Mark 6:27). Instead of the Greek word, Mark here uses a Latin word, speculator, which literally means "a scout," "a spy," and at length came to denote one of the armed bodyguard of the emperor. Herod Antipas, in imitation of the emperor, had in attendance on him a company of speculatores. They were sometimes employed as executioners, but this was a mere accident of their office. (See MARK, GOSPEL {OF}.) |