exauctorate 
The first bishop that was rxaitftorateil was a prince too, 
prince and bi-liop oi' lieii.^n. 
II. 147. 
exauctorationt (og-ziik-tfi-rfi'shon), n. Dismis- 
sion ('ruin service ; removal from an ollico or a 
dignily; deprivation; degradation. Also tJ- 
autlioration. 
I'oiisi'qni'nis harsh, impious, ami unreasonable in de- 
spi^ht of ^'o\ er II men I, in t'.fntn-ti.rnti"U of the power of 811- 
peri *, Ot for Hi Hiuncnccmcnt of schisms anil here- 
sic;. ././. Tiiiiliir, Apol. lor Set r'onnsof Utility, I'rel. 
exaugurate (i-g-y.a'gu-nit), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
inaugurated, ppr. antugufati*g- [< k- cx<iugu- 
ratun, pp. of cxaugurare, < ex, out, + ;/</;- 
re, consecrate by auguries, < augur, an augur: 
see uiKjiir. ('!'. iiiniii/Hriili'.] In Rum. <uttii/.,\<i 
deprive of a sacred character; hence, to secu- 
lari/.o. See t:riiitiinriili<ni. 
He determined to rraiiuuralr and to unhallow certain 
churches and cliappels. IIMmxi, tr. of Livy, p. 88. 
exauguration (og-za-gu-ra'shou), n. [< L. ex- 
(iii</iirfitii>(ii-i, < i .run,! nr<ire: see exaugurate.] 
In KIH/I. until/., the act of depriving a thing or 
person of sacred character; secularization: a 
ceremony necessary before consecrated build- 
ings coidd be used for secular purposes, or 
priests resign their sacred functions, or enter 
into matrimony in cases where celibacy was 
required. 
The birds by signes out of the augur's learning admitted 
and allowed the exaunuratiim and unhallowing all other 
eels and cliappels tiesides. Holland, tr. of I.ivy, p. 38. 
exauspicationt (eg-zas-pi-ka'shon), n. [< L. as 
if *exausi>icatio(n-), < r.m.v/Vr(iv, pp. cj-inm/>i- 
cutiix, take an augury, < ex, out, 4- ttitx/iictn-;, 
take auspices: see auspicate.] An unlucky be- 
ginning, as of an enterprise. Bailey, 1727. 
exauthoratet (eg-z'thor-at), v . t. Same as ex- 
inirtorati: 
exauthorationt (eg-za-thor-a'shon), . [< OF. 
exaiitlioniliiin, < ML. exauctoratio(n-), < L. ex- 
auctorare, dismiss from service: see exauctor- 
ate.] Same as exauctoration. Bp. Hall. 
exauthorizet (eg-za'thor-iz), v. t. [< ML. ex- 
autorisarc, < L. ex, out, + ML. autorizare, au- 
thorize: see authorise. Cf. exauctorate.] To 
deprive of authority. Selden. 
Excaecaria (ek-se-ka'ri-ji), n. [NL., so called 
from the effect of its juice upon the eyes, < L. 
i .rcircurt; make blind: see excecate.] A genus 
of euphorbiaceous trees and shrubs, of tropical 
and subtropical Asia and Africa. The milky juice 
of most of the species is acrid and very poisonous. The 
Chinese tallow-tree, K. whiferu, is a handsome tree, culti- 
vated in China, Japan, and northern India. The seeds 
are embedded in a solid inodorous fat which Is largely 
used in China for candles; they also yield an oil, and the 
hark yields a black dye. 
excaecationt, . See excecation. 
excalcarate (eks-kal'ka-rat), a. [< L. ex- priv. 
+ calear, a spur (see ctilcar 1 ), + -ate 1 .] In en- 
toni., having no spurs or calcars; ecalcarate. 
excalceatet (eks-kal'se-at), v. t. [< L. excalcc- 
iitnx, pp. of excalceare, unshoe, < ex- priv. + cal- 
i-nire, shoo : see calceate.] To deprive of shoes ; 
make barefooted. Chambers. 
excalceationt (eks-kal-se-a'shpn), n. [< excaJ- 
crntf + -inn.] The act of excalceating or de- 
priving of shoes. C/iiiinlii'i-x. 
excalfactiont (eks-kal-fak'shon), n. [< L. ex- 
calf actio(n-), < i-jvidj'nrcre, warm, < ex, out, + 
caifacere, warm: see chafe, and cf. eschaufe.] 
The act of making warm ; calefaction. Blouiit. 
excalfactivet (eks-kal-fak'tiv), a. [< excalfac- 
tinn -t- -ire.'] Same as e.rcalfactory. Cotgravc. 
Excalfactoria (eks-kal-fak-to'ri-ji), n. [NL., 
fern, of L. <:mi'/<ifti>riu.i: see ijci-iilfiii'tnnj.] A 
genus of diminutive quails, of which the sexes 
are dissimilar in plumage and the coloration is 
much variegated, inhabiting Africa, Asia, Aus- 
tralia. etc.: the |>aintedqnails. The best-known 
species is the blue-breasted Chinese quail, E. 
fhinensis. Bonn/xirti; 1S56. 
excalfactoryt (eks-kal-fak'to-ri), a. [< L. ex- 
I'lin'tictnriiix. < eaealfaetn, warm: see excalfae- 
timi.] Tending to heat or warm; heating; 
warming. 
The Creeks ha\. tf.inc so ncaiv. that they have scraped 
the very fllth from the walls of their pllhlicke halls and 
pla.-esof wivstlin;.', and suchlike exercises; and the same 
(say they) hath a peciall fjmilfuctiirif vertlie. 
//. llanil, tr. of Pliny, \\viii. 4. 
excamb, excambie (eks-kamb', -kam'bi), v. t. 
[< ML. f.rrtimhitiri'. exchange: see exchange.] 
To exchange: applied speeitically to the ex- 
change i>f land. [Scotch.] 
I lie power to f.r.-ninli was gradually conferred on en- 
tailed proprietors. KII.'II,: liril.. VIII. "83. 
excambiator (eks-kam'bi-a-tor). n. [Ml,.. < 
n; exchange : see excha >i<je.] An ex- 
changer ; a broker ; one employed to exchange 
lands. 
excambie, >'. '. See rxrainb. 
excambium, excambion (eks-kam'bi-um, -on), 
n. [ML., exchange: see rxrliintye.] Exchange; 
barter; specifically, in Nco/.v i/nr, the contract 
by which one piece of land is exchanged for 
another. 
lie ... acquired . . . divers lands, . . . for which he 
gave In erminliinn the lands uf Cambo. 
fijKilmcinid, Hist. Church of Scotland, p. 100. 
excandescence, excandescency (eks-kan-des'- 
ens, -en-si), n. [=8p. Pg. excandecencia = It. es- 
riiiiilfxrrii~ii. i-xcn ndi xci // : in, < L. excandescentia, 
nascent anger, lit. a growing hot, < excandes- 
cen(t-)x, ppr. of excandesccre, grow hot: see ex- 
candescent.] 1. A white heat; glowing heat. 
[Rare.] 2f. Heat of passion; violent anger. 
Bailru, 17L'7. 
excandescent (oks-kan-des'ent), a. [= Pg. 
excandecente = It. escandescente, < L. excainl<-x- 
cen(t-)s, ppr. of excandescere, grow hot, burn, 
burn with anger, < ex, out, + candescere, begin 
to glow: see candescent, candid.] White with 
heat. [Rare.] 
excantatipnt (eks-kan-ta'shon), ii. [< L. as if 
"excantatio(n-), < excantare, charm forth, bring 
out by enchantment, < ex, out, + cantare, sing, 
charm: see canft, and cf. incantation.] Disen- 
chantment by a countercharm. [Rare.] 
They . . . which imagine that the mynile is eyther by 
incantation or excantation to bee ruled are as far from 
trueth as the East from the West. 
/..</?.>/, Btiphues and his England, p. 349. 
The don enchanted in his cage, out of which there 
was no possibility of getting out, hut by the power of a 
higher excantation. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote, p. 277. 
excarnate (eks-kSr'nat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
excarnated, ppr. excarnating. [< ML. excarna- 
tus, pp. of excarnare (> Pg. excarnar = F. ex- 
earner), deprive of flesh, < L. ex- priv. + earo 
(earn-), flesh. Cf. incarnate.] To deprive or 
clear of flesh ; separate, as blood-vessels, from 
the surrounding fleshy parts. 
He (Dr. Glesson] hath likewise given us certain notes 
for the more easy distinguishing of the vena cava, porta, 
and vasa fellea in excarnatiny the liver. Wood, Fasti, I. 
excarnate (eks-kiir'nat), n. [< ML. excarnatus, 
pp.: see the verb.] Divested of flesh; disem- 
bodied. .Sears. 
excarnation (cks-kar-na'shon), . [= F. ex- 
carnation = Pg. escarnaydo, < ML. 'excarna- 
tio(n-), (. excarnare, pp. excarnatux, deprive of 
flesh: see excarnate.] 1. The act of divesting 
of flesh ; the state of being divested of flesh : op- 
posed to incarnation. 
The apostles mean by the resurrection of Christ the ex- 
carnation of the Son of man, and the consequent emer- 
gence out of natural conditions to his place of power on 
high. Seam. 
2. In the preparation of easts of anatomical 
cavities (as of the blood-vessels of an organ or 
of the air-passages of the lun^s), the removal 
of the tissues, as by a corrosive liquid, after 
the cavities have been filled with a hardening 
injection. 
excarnicatet (eks-kar'ni-kat), v. t. [< L. ex- 
priv. + earo (earn-), flesh: the term, appar. in 
imitation of excarnificate.] To lay bare the 
flesh of ; scarify. 
I did even ercarnicatc his [a horse's) sides with my often 
spurring of him. Coryat, Crudities, I. 3.'!. 
excarnificate (eks-kar'ni-fi-kat), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. ej-i'unii/icittcd, ppr. excarnificating. [< L. 
excarnificatus, pp. of excarnificare (> OF. excar- 
nitii'r), cut or tear any one to pieces, ML. de- 
vour the flesh of, < ex, out, + carnificare, cut in 
pieces, behead, < earo (earn-), flesh, + facere, 
make. See carnifex.] To deprive of flesh ; free 
from flesh. Of T, More. 
excarnification (eks-kar'ni-fi-ka'shon), ti. [< 
excarnificate + -ion.] The act of clearing or 
depriving of flesh. Johnson. 
ex cathedra. See cathedra. 
excathedrate (eks-kath'e-drat), r. t.; pret. and 
pp. <:mit/<ri/r<ited. ppr. exciithedrating. [< ex 
cathedra + -ate 2 .] To condemn with author- 
ity, or ex cathedra. [Rare.] 
Whom sho'd I feare to write to, if I can 
Stand before you, my learn'd diocesan? 
And never shew blood-guiltinesse or feare 
To see my lines excathedrated here. 
Hcrrick. Hesperides, p. 66. 
excaudate (eks-ka'dat), n. [< L. ex- priv. + 
I'/iinlfi, tail: s>eeeauflntc. Cf.cramhitr.] fnJoiSL, 
tailless; destitute of a tail or tail-like process: 
ecaudate. 
excavate (eks'ka-vat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. ex- 
cavated, ppr. wiirittini/. [< L. rxcnratim, pp. 
excecate 
of excarare, hollow out, < FS, out, + rarare, 
make hollow, < cavim, hollow: seerdre'. Cf . ex- 
niri: ] 1. To hollow out, or make a hollow or 
cavity in, by digging or scooping out the inner 
part, or by removing extraneous matter : as, to 
i ., i-ii rule a tumulus or a buried city for the pur- 
pose of exploring it; to excavate a cocoanut. 
Falter himself put a thousand of them [cups turned of 
ivory by Oswaldus Norlinger of Su.-\ ia| into an excavated 
pepper corn. Kay, Works of Creation, I. 
2. To form by scooping or hollowing out ; make 
by digging out material, as from the earth : as, 
to excavate a tunnel or a cellar. 
strides . . . are those fxcavatfil channels, hy our work* 
men called Rulings and grooves. Krelyn, Architecture. 
It In only when we examine the chasm more minutely, 
and flnd that it has actually l>een excavated out of the 
solid rock, that we begin to see that the work has been 
done by running water. 
J. Croil, Climate and Cosmology, p. 11. 
I was living at this period In a tomb, which was ncn- 
voted in the side of the precipice, above Hheick Ahd el 
Oournoo. R. Curzon, Monant. in the Levant, p. 102. 
excavate, excavated (eks'ka-vat, -va-ted), a. 
Inzool.: (a) Formed as if by excavation ; hol- 
lowed, but having the inner surface irregularly 
rounded. 
The front Is deeply ficatateit for the Insertion of the 
antenna'. Packard. 
(b) Widely and irregularly notched : said of a 
margin or mark Excavated palpi, In mtom., those 
palpi in which the last joint Is concave at Its apex, 
excavation (eks-ka-va'shqn), B. [= F. excava- 
tion = Sp. excavacion = Pg. exeavapTlo = It. es- 
cavazione, < L. excavatio(n-), < excavare, hollow 
out: see excavate.] 1. The act of making a 
thing hollow by removing the interior sub- 
stance or part ; the digging out of material, or 
its removal by any means, so as to form a cavity 
or hollow: as, the excavation of laud by flowing 
water. 
The appearance therefore of the dry land was hy the 
excavation of certain sinus and tracts of the earth, and 
exaggerating and lifting up other parts of the terrestrial 
matters. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 299. 
2. A hollow or cavity formed by removing the 
interior substance : as, many animals burrow in 
excavations of their own forming. 
A grotto Is not often the wish or the pleasure of an Eng- 
lishman, who has more frequent need to solicit than ex- 
clude the sun ; hut Pope's excacation was requisite as an 
entrance to his garden. Johnson, Pope. 
3. In engin., an open cutting, as in a railway, 
in distinction from a tunnel. 4. In zoiil., a 
deep and somewhat irregular hollow with well- 
defined edges, as if a piece had been taken out 
of the surface. 
excavator (eks'ka-va-tor). n. [= F. excava- 
teur.] One who or that which excavates. 
An intelligent excavator had taken better care of them 
[some valuable fossils], and laid them aside. 
Sir //. De La Beetle, Oeol. Observer. 
.Specifically () A horse- or steam-power machine for 
digging, moving, or transporting loose gravel, sand, or 
soil. The ditch-excanator is practically a scoop-plow that 
Excavator, def. (a). 
loosens the sod, while an endless band armed with buck- 
eU scoops the soil, raises it, and throws it out at one side 
of the machine. The transporting excarator loosens the 
soil and raises it upon a traveling apron to a hopper. 
When the hopper is full the machine is dragged away upon 
a carrylng-lini' to the place where the load is to be dis- 
charged, (b) An instrument used hy dentists in removing 
carious parts of a tooth preparatory to filling it. Odor- 
less excavator, an apparatus consisting of a pump, tank, 
and odor-consumer, used for emptying cesspools. Pneu- 
matic excavator, an apparatus for raising by pneumatic 
force sand, silt, etc., from a shaft in excavating, or for 
sinking a pile by means of air-pressure. 
excavet (eks-kav'), r. t. [< F. excaver = Sp. 
Pg. excavar = It. xi-nrnri: < L. ej-carare, hollow 
out: see excavate, r.] To excavate. Cncktram. 
excecatet (ek-se'kat), v. t. [Also spelled rj->-n - 
i-iiti; < L. fxca-catus, pp. of esnmn-i . make blind, 
< ex + rirntre. make blind, < ea-cux, blind.] To 
make blind. Cockeram. 
