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Exo-
(gcide) | Exo- \Ex"o-\ [Gr. ? out of, outside, fr. ? out. See Ex-.]
A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen,
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exodus
(mass) | exodus
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convexo-concave
(encz) | convexo-concave, adj: |
convexo-convex
(encz) | convexo-convex, adj: |
biconvex convexo-convex lenticular lentiform
(gcide) | bulging \bulging\ adj.
1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
[Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,
lentiform}; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave;
gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
Syn: convex.
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2. curving outward.
Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
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Bisexous
(gcide) | Bisexous \Bi*sex"ous\, a. [L. bis twice + sexus sex: cf. F.
bissexe.]
Bisexual. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Centrolabrus exoletus
(gcide) | Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Convexo-concave
(gcide) | Convexo-concave \Con*vex"o-con"cave\ (?or ?), a.
Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of
the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be
different. See Meniscus.
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1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
[Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,
lentiform}; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave;
gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
Syn: convex.
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2. curving outward.
Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
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convexo-concave
(gcide) | Convexo-concave \Con*vex"o-con"cave\ (?or ?), a.
Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of
the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be
different. See Meniscus.
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1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
[Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,
lentiform}; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave;
gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
Syn: convex.
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2. curving outward.
Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
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Convexo-convex
(gcide) | Convexo-convex \Con*vex"o-con"vex\, a.
Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a.
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Convexo-plane
(gcide) | Convexo-plane \Con*vex"o-plane`\, a.
Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.
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cyclohexanehexol
(gcide) | inositol \i*no"si*tol\ ([i^]*n[o^]s"[i^]*t[o^]l), n. [Gr. 'i`s,
'ino`s, strength, muscle.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A white crystalline substance (C6H12O6) with a sweet taste,
widely distributed in certain animal tissues and fluids,
particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, and also
in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts,
etc. Although isomeric with dextrose, it has no carbonyl
(aldehyde or ketone) group, and is therefore not a
carbohydrate, but a derivative of cyclohexane. Called also
inosite, cyclohexitol, cyclohexanehexol,
hexahydroxycyclohexane and phaseomannite. There are nine
possible steroisomers, not all of which are found naturally.
The predominate natural form is
cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-cyclohexanehexol, also called
myo-inositol. The naturally occurring phytic acid in plants
is the hexaphosphate of inositol, from which inositol may be
manufactured; phytin is the calcium-magnesium salt of phytic
acid. It is also a component of phosphatidylinositol. --MI11
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Euplexoptera
(gcide) | Euplexoptera \Eu`plex*op"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. e'y^ well
+ ? to plait + ? a wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings
are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings
fold up beneath them. See Earwig.
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Exocardiac
(gcide) | Exocardiac \Ex`o*car"di*ac\, Exocardial \Ex`o*car"di*al\, a.
[Exo- + Gr. kardi`a heart.] (Anat.)
Situated or arising outside of the heart; as, exocardial
murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.
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Exocardial
(gcide) | Exocardiac \Ex`o*car"di*ac\, Exocardial \Ex`o*car"di*al\, a.
[Exo- + Gr. kardi`a heart.] (Anat.)
Situated or arising outside of the heart; as, exocardial
murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.
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Exocarp
(gcide) | Exocarp \Ex"o*carp\, n. [Exo- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the
rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.
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Exoccipital
(gcide) | Exoccipital \Ex`oc*cip"i*tal\, a. [Pref. ex- + occipital.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great
foremen of the skull. -- n. The exoccipital bone, which often
forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually
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Exocetus
(gcide) | Exocetus \Ex`o*ce"tus\ (? or ?), Exocoetus \Ex`oc[oe]"tus\, n.
[NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore,
Gr. 'exw`koitos, lit., sleeping out; 'e`xw outside of +
koi`th bed.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See
Flying fish.
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Exocoetus
(gcide) | Exocetus \Ex`o*ce"tus\ (? or ?), Exocoetus \Ex`oc[oe]"tus\, n.
[NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore,
Gr. 'exw`koitos, lit., sleeping out; 'e`xw outside of +
koi`th bed.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See
Flying fish.
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Exocoetus Californicus
(gcide) | Volador \Vo*la*dor"\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
(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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Exoculate
(gcide) | Exoculate \Ex*oc"u*late\, v. t. [L. exoculatus, p. p. of
exoculare to exoculate; ex out + oculus an eye.]
To deprive of eyes. [R.] --W. C. Hazlitt.
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Exode
(gcide) | Exode \Ex"ode\n. [L. exodium, Gr. ? (sc. ? song) fr. ? belonging
to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. ?: cf. F.
exode. See Exodus.]
1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from
Egypt. [Obs.] --L. Coleman. --Bolingbroke.
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2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
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3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either
a farce or a travesty.
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Exodic
(gcide) | Exodic \Ex*od"ic\, a. [Gr. ? belonging to departure. See
Exodus.] (Physiol.)
Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said
of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.
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Exodium
(gcide) | Exodium \Ex*o"di*um\, n. [L.]
See Exode.
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exodontics
(gcide) | exodontics \exodontics\ n.
the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.
Syn: exodontia.
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exodontist
(gcide) | exodontist \exodontist\ n.
a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth.
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Exodus
(gcide) | Exodus \Ex"o*dus\, n. [L., the book of Exodus, Gr. ? a going or
marching out; ? out + ? way, cf. Skr. [=a]-sad to
approach.]
1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or
journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of
Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
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2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the
narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
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Exody
(gcide) | Exody \Ex"o*dy\, n.
Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]
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The time of the Jewish exody. --Sir M. Hale.
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Ex-official
(gcide) | Ex-official \Ex`-of*fi"cial\, a.
Proceeding from office or authority.
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ex-officio
(gcide) | ex-officio \ex-officio\ adj.
1. by virtue of an office or position. the head of the
department served as an ex-officio member of the board
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Exogamous
(gcide) | Exogamous \Ex*og"a*mous\, a. [Exo- + Gr. ? marriage.]
Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's
own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.
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Exogamy
(gcide) | Exogamy \Ex*og"a*my\, n.
The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between
members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; --
opposed to endogamy. --Lubbock.
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Exogen
(gcide) | Exogen \Ex"o*gen\, n. [Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exog[`e]ne.] (Bot.)
A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable
kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c
wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the
other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition
of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves
are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is
two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen.
--Gray.
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Exogenetic
(gcide) | Exogenetic \Ex`o*ge*net"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Arising or growing from without; exogenous.
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exogenic
(gcide) | exogenic \exogenic\ adj.
same as exogenous.
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exogenous
(gcide) | exogenous \ex*og"e*nous\, a.
1. (Bot.) derived from or originating outside; pertaining to,
or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of
endogenous.
Syn: exogenetic.
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2. (Bot.) Growing by addition to the exterior; growing by
addition of a new external layer of cells on the surface
just beneath the bark; -- of plants.
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3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed
to autogenous. --Owen.
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4. (Med.) caused by factors from outside the body, rather
than from an abnormality of internal functions; -- of
illness.
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5. (Biol., Biochem.) not synthesized within the organism;
absorbed or assimilated from outside the organism.
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Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by
causes acting from without, as from injury.
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Exogenous aneurism
(gcide) | exogenous \ex*og"e*nous\, a.
1. (Bot.) derived from or originating outside; pertaining to,
or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of
endogenous.
Syn: exogenetic.
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2. (Bot.) Growing by addition to the exterior; growing by
addition of a new external layer of cells on the surface
just beneath the bark; -- of plants.
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3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed
to autogenous. --Owen.
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4. (Med.) caused by factors from outside the body, rather
than from an abnormality of internal functions; -- of
illness.
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5. (Biol., Biochem.) not synthesized within the organism;
absorbed or assimilated from outside the organism.
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Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by
causes acting from without, as from injury.
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Exoglossum maxillingua
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Exogonium purga
(gcide) | Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber
much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
(cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
species of Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
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False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
or marvel of Peru.
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Exogyra
(gcide) | Exogyra \Ex`o*gy"ra\n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? out, outside + ? circle.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.
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Exolete
(gcide) | Exolete \Ex"o*lete\, a. [L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to
grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow.]
Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]
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Exolution
(gcide) | Exolution \Ex`o*lu"tion\, n. [L. exolutio a release. See
Exolve.]
See Exsolution. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Exolve
(gcide) | Exolve \Ex*olve"\, v. t. [L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out +
solvere.]
To loose; to pay. [Obs.]
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Exon
(gcide) | Exon \Ex"on\, n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name
of a river.]
A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
[1913 Webster]Exon \Ex"on\, n. [F. expect an under officer.]
An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]
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Exonerate
(gcide) | Exonerate \Ex*on"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Exonerating.] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of
exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to
load, onus load. See Onerous.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
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All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
--Ray.
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2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation,
or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something
that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or
imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or
from the charge of avarice. --Burke.
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3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.
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Exonerated
(gcide) | Exonerate \Ex*on"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Exonerating.] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of
exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to
load, onus load. See Onerous.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
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All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
--Ray.
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2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation,
or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something
that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or
imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or
from the charge of avarice. --Burke.
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3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.
[1913 Webster]exonerated \exonerated\ adj.
same as exculpated.
Syn: absolved, cleared, exculpated, vindicated.
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exonerated
(gcide) | Exonerate \Ex*on"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Exonerating.] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of
exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to
load, onus load. See Onerous.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
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All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
--Ray.
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2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation,
or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something
that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or
imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or
from the charge of avarice. --Burke.
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3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.
[1913 Webster]exonerated \exonerated\ adj.
same as exculpated.
Syn: absolved, cleared, exculpated, vindicated.
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Exonerating
(gcide) | Exonerate \Ex*on"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Exonerating.] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of
exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to
load, onus load. See Onerous.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
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All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
--Ray.
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2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation,
or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something
that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or
imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or
from the charge of avarice. --Burke.
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3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.
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Exoneration
(gcide) | Exoneration \Ex*on`er*a"tion\, n. [L. exoneratio: cf. F.
Exon['e]ration.]
The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from
a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened
or freed from a charge.
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Exonerative
(gcide) | Exonerative \Ex*on"er*a*tive\, a.
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
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Exonerator
(gcide) | Exonerator \Ex*on"er*a`tor\, n. [L., an unloader.]
One who exonerates or frees from obligation.
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Exophthalmia
(gcide) | Exophthalmia \Ex`oph*thal"mi*a\, n. [Nl.,fr. Gr. ? with
prominent eyes; ? out + ? the eye.] (Med.)
The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not
cover it, in consequence of disease.
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Exophthalmic
(gcide) | Exophthalmic \Ex`oph*thal"mic\, a.
Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.
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Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease.
Exophthalmos |
exophthalmic goiter
(gcide) | Basedow's disease \Ba"se*dow's dis*ease"\ [Named for Dr.
Basedow, a German physician.] (Med.)
A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland,
prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the
heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. --Flint.
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Exophthalmic golter
(gcide) | Exophthalmic \Ex`oph*thal"mic\, a.
Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.
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Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease.
Exophthalmos |
Exophthalmos
(gcide) | Exophthalmos \Ex`oph*thal"mos\, Exophthalmus \Ex`oph*thal"mus\,
n. [NL.] (Med.)
Same as Exophthalmia.
Syn: exophthalmus, exophthalmy.
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Exophthalmus
(gcide) | Exophthalmos \Ex`oph*thal"mos\, Exophthalmus \Ex`oph*thal"mus\,
n. [NL.] (Med.)
Same as Exophthalmia.
Syn: exophthalmus, exophthalmy.
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Exophthalmy
(gcide) | Exophthalmy \Ex`oph*thal"my\, n. (Med.)
Exophthalmia.
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Exophyllous
(gcide) | Exophyllous \Ex*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Exo- + Gr. ? .] (Bot.)
Not sheathed in another leaf.
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Exoplasm
(gcide) | Exoplasm \Ex"o*plasm\, n. [Exo- + Gr. ? from, fr. ? to mold.]
(Biol.)
See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.
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Exopodite
(gcide) | Exopodite \Ex*op"o*dite\, n. [Exo- + Gr. ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.
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Exoptable
(gcide) | Exoptable \Ex*op"ta*ble\, a. [L. exoptabilis.]
Very desirable. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Exoptile
(gcide) | Exoptile \Ex*op"tile\, n. [F., fr.Gr. ? without + ? feather,
plumage.] (Bot.)
A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called
because the plumule is naked.
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Exorable
(gcide) | Exorable \Ex"o*ra*ble\, a. [L. exorabilis: cf. F. exorable. See
Exorate.]
Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
--Milton.
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Exorate
(gcide) | Exorate \Ex"o*rate\, v. t. [L. exoratus, p. p. of exorare to
gain by entreaty; ex out, from + orare to pay.]
To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
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Exoration
(gcide) | Exoration \Ex`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. exoratio.]
Entreaty. [R.] --Beau. & Fl. Exorbitance |
Exorbitance
(gcide) | Exorbitance \Ex*or"bi*tance\, Exorbitancy \Ex*or"bi*tan*cy\,, n.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence,
enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or
propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of
deportment; exorbitance of demands. "A curb to your
exorbitancies." --Dryden.
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The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions.
--Bp. Hall.
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Exorbitancy
(gcide) | Exorbitance \Ex*or"bi*tance\, Exorbitancy \Ex*or"bi*tan*cy\,, n.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence,
enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or
propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of
deportment; exorbitance of demands. "A curb to your
exorbitancies." --Dryden.
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The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions.
--Bp. Hall.
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Exorbitant
(gcide) | Exorbitant \Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of
exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf.
F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]
1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating
from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
rules or established limits of right or propriety;
excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as,
exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges,
demands, or claims.
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Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton.
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2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
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The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
and such as their laws had not provided for.
--Hooker.
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Exorbitantly
(gcide) | Exorbitantly \Ex*or"bi*tant*ly\, adv.
In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
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Exorbitate
(gcide) | Exorbitate \Ex*or"bi*tate\, v. i. [L.exorbitatus, p. p. of
exorbitare. See Exorbitant.]
To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] --Bentley.
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Exorcise
(gcide) | Exorcise \Ex"or*cise\ ([e^]ks"[o^]r*s[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exorcised (-s[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising
(-s[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [L. exorcizare, Gr. 'exorki`zein; 'ex
out + "orki`zein to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr.
"o`rkos oath: cf. F. exorciser.]
1. To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by
conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain
ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to
depart out of a person possessed by one.
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He impudently excorciseth devils in the church.
--Prynne.
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2. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit
or demon.
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Exorcise the beds and cross the walls. --Dryden.
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Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise
crowds who are . . . processed as I am. --Spectator.
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Exorcised
(gcide) | Exorcise \Ex"or*cise\ ([e^]ks"[o^]r*s[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exorcised (-s[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising
(-s[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [L. exorcizare, Gr. 'exorki`zein; 'ex
out + "orki`zein to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr.
"o`rkos oath: cf. F. exorciser.]
1. To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by
conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain
ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to
depart out of a person possessed by one.
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He impudently excorciseth devils in the church.
--Prynne.
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2. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit
or demon.
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Exorcise the beds and cross the walls. --Dryden.
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Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise
crowds who are . . . processed as I am. --Spectator.
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Exorciser
(gcide) | Exorciser \Ex"or*ci`ser\ (-s[imac]`z[~e]r), n.
An exorcist.
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Exorcising
(gcide) | Exorcise \Ex"or*cise\ ([e^]ks"[o^]r*s[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exorcised (-s[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising
(-s[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [L. exorcizare, Gr. 'exorki`zein; 'ex
out + "orki`zein to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr.
"o`rkos oath: cf. F. exorciser.]
1. To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by
conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain
ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to
depart out of a person possessed by one.
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He impudently excorciseth devils in the church.
--Prynne.
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2. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit
or demon.
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Exorcise the beds and cross the walls. --Dryden.
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Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise
crowds who are . . . processed as I am. --Spectator.
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Exorcism
(gcide) | Exorcism \Ex"or*cism\ (-s[i^]z'm), n. [L. exorcismus, Gr.
'exorkizmo`s; cf. F. exorcisme.]
1. The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits
from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of
conjuration used.
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2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] --Shak.
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Exorcist
(gcide) | Exorcist \Ex"or*cist\ (-s[i^]st), n. [L. exorcista, Gr.
'exorkisth`s: cf. F. exorciste.]
1. One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
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Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. --Acts xix.
13.
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2. A conjurer who can raise spirits. [R.]
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Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up
My mortified spirit. --Shak.
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