exquisite 
His contemporaries soon found out that he [the Earl of 
Peterborough] was something more than an i:c<i"i.'ii< (l t 
the first order, who had served a campaign or two for fash- 
ion's sake, as others made the grand tour. 
Quarterly l;,-r.. c.VLV. 189. 
= Syn. Fop, Dandy, etc. See coxcomb. 
exquisitely (eks'kwi-zit-li), adv. 1. In an ex- 
quisite manner. 
We were now arrived at Spring Garden, which is exqui- 
sitely pleasant at this time of year. 
Addison, Sir Roger at Vauxhall. 
(a) Elegantly ; daintily ; with great perfection : as, a work 
exquisite!}/ finished. 
Her shape 
From forehead down to foot, perfect again 
From foot to forehead exquisitely tuni'd. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
(6) With nice perception or discrimination. 
We see more exquisitely with one eye shut. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
(c) With intense or keen feeling, or susceptibility of feel- 
ing : as, to feel pain exquisitely. 
She is so exquisitely restless and peevish, that she quar- 
rels witli all about her. Steele, Spectator, No. 427. 
Every one of Spenser's senses was as exquisitely alive 
to the impressions of material as every organ of his soul 
was to those of spiritual beauty. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 169. 
To feel widely and at the same time to feel exquisitely 
is an exceptional gift. Contemporary Rev., XLIX. 712. 
2f. With particularity. 
Also there shalbe one lawier who . . . shall sett downe 
and teache exquisitely the office of a justice of peace and 
sheriffe, notmedling with plees or cunning poinctes of the 
law. Sir H. Gilbert, Queene Elizabethes Achademy 
[(E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 7. 
exquisiteness (eks'kwi-zit-nes), . The quality 
of being exquisite, (a) Nicety; exactness; elegance; 
finish ; perfection : as, exquisitenesg of workmanship. 
Separated from others, first in cleanenesse of life ; sec- 
ondly, in dignitie ; thirdly, in regard of the exquisiteness 
of those observations whereto they were separated. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, II. viii. 3. 
To make beautiful conceptions immortal by exquisite- 
ness of phrase is to be a poet, no doubt, 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 211. 
(b) Nicety of perception or discrimination, (c) Keenness; 
sharpness ; extremity : as, exquisiteness of pain or grief. 
Christ suffered only the exquisiteness and heights of 
pain, without any of those mitigations which God is pleased 
to temper and allay it with, as befalls other men. 
South, Works, III. ix. 
oxquisitism (eks'kwi-zi-tizm), . [< exquisite 
+ -ism.] The state, quality, or character of 
an exquisite ; coxcombry ; dandyism ; foppish- 
ness. [Rare.] 
exquisitiye (eks-kwiz'i-tiv), o. [< L. exquisi- 
tus, pp. of exquirere, search out (see exquire, ex- 
quisite), + -ive.] Curious; eager to discover; 
particular. [Rare.] 
exquisitivelyt (eks-kwiz'i-tiv-li), adv. Curi- 
ously; minutely. 
To a man that had never seen an elephant, or a rhinoce- 
ros, who should tell him most exquisitioely all their shape, 
colour, bigness, and particular marks. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
exquisitivenesst (eks-kwiz'i-tiv-nes), n. 
Wrongly used for exquisiteness. 
If this specimen of Slawkenbergius's tales, and the ex- 
quieitiveness of his moral, should please the world, trans- 
lated shall a couple of volumes be. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iil. 118. 
exsanguinate (ek-sang'gwi-nat), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. exsanguinated, ppr. exsanguinating. [< L. 
exsanguinatus, deprived of Wood, bloodless, as 
if pp. of "exsanguinare, < ex- priv. + sanguinare, 
be bloody.] To render Woodless. 
exsanguine (ek-sang'gwin), a. [< ex- priv. + 
sanguine, after L. exsanguis, bloodless, < ex- 
priv. + sanguis, blood.] Bloodless. 
Such versicles, exsanguine and pithless, yield neither 
pleasure nor profit. Lamb, To Barton. 
exsanguined (ek-sang'gwind), a. [< exsan- 
guine + -ed%.] Drained of blood; bloodless; 
hence, pale or wan: as, exsanguined lips or 
cheeks. 
exsanguineous (ek-sang-gwin'e-us), a. [As ex- 
xanguine + -e-ous.~\ Same as exsanguinous. 
exsanguinity (ek-sang-gwin'i-ti), n. f< exsan- 
guine + -ity.] In pathol., deificiency of blood; 
anemia. 
exsanguinous (ek-sang'gwi-nus), a. [As ex- 
.unii/uine + -oils.] Destitute of or deficient in 
blood, as an animal; anemic. Also exsanijiihi- 
eoiis. 
exsanguioust (ek-sang'gwi-us), a. [< L. rjemtii- 
gitiK, bloodless (see exsanguine), + -ons.] Ex- 
sanguinous. 
The exsanguious [insects] alone . . . cannot be fewer 
than 3000 species, perhaps many more. 
ilnii. Works of Creation, i. 
2089 
exscind (ek-sind'), v. t. [< L. exscindere, cut 
out, tear out, extirpate, < ex, out, + scitnli-n-. 
cut, tear, rend, or break asunder.] To cut off; 
cut out. 
Ensebiu.s had inrntiimrd >.'\t-n Epistles, but Ussher 
deceived by a mistake on the part of St. Jerome ex- 
scinded the Epistle to Polycarp, and condemned it us 
spurious. Quarterly Ken., CLXII. 47S. 
exscinded (ek-sin'ded), p. a. In entom., ending 
suddenly in an angular notch, 
exscribet (cks-krib'), . t. [< L. exscriberc, 
write out, copy, < ex, out, + scribere, write: 
see scribe.] To copy; transcribe. 
His proof is from a passage in the Misnah, which Mai- 
nionides lias also exscribed. Hooker. 
I that have been a lover, and could shew it, 
Though not in these, in rhymes not wholly dumb, 
Since I exscribe your sonnets, and become 
A better lover and much better poet. 
B. Jonson, Underwoods, xlvii. 
I have now put into my Lord of Bath and Wells' hands 
the sermon faithfully exscribed. Donne, Letters, Ixxv. 
exscriptt (eks-kripf ), n. [< L. exseriptum, neut. 
of exscriptus, pp. of exscribere: see exscribe.] 
A copy ; a transcript. 
Ah, might it please Thy dread Exuperance 
To write th' excript thereof in humble hearts ! 
Dacies, Holy Roode, p. 13. 
exsculptate (eks-kulp'tat), a. [< L. exsculptus, 
pp. of exsculpere, carve out (< ex, out, + scul- 
pere, carve), + -ate 1 .] In entom., said of a sur- 
face covered with irregular and varying lon- 
gitudinal depressions, so that it appears like 
carved work. 
exsculption (eks-kulp'shpn), . [< LL. exsculp- 
tio(n-), a carving out: see exsculp tate.] The act 
of carving or cutting out; excision of a hard 
material so as to form a cavity. 
[This word signifies] the manner by which that excava- 
tion [of Christ's tomb] was performed, by incision or ex- 
sculption. Bp. Pearson, On the Creed, p. 396, note. 
exscutellate (ek-sku'tel-at), a. [< L. ex- priv. 
-t- NL. scutellum + -ate 1 .] Same as escutellate. 
exsect (ek-sekf), v. t. [Formerly also exect; 
< L. exsectus, pp. of exsecare, execare, exicare, 
cut out or away, < ex, out, + secare, cut : see 
section. ] To cut out ; cut away. 
In this case, also, there is a descending lethal process 
of the same form as in the expected nerve that is, with 
an initial rise and a subsequent fall and entire loss of ir- 
ritability. Buck's Handbook of Mt.d. Sciences, V. 142. 
exsection (ek-sek'shon), . [Formerly also ex- 
ection ; < L. exsectio(n-), < exsecare, pp. exsectus, 
cut out: see exsect.] A cutting out or away. 
Sometimes also they [frogs] would nimbly leap first out 
of the vessel, and then about the room, surviving the ex- 
section of their hearts, some about an hour, and some 
longer. Boyle, Works, II. C9. 
exserted, exsert (ek-ser'ted, -serf), a. [Also 
badly written exert, exerted; < L. exsertus, thrust 
out, pp. of exserere, exerere, stretch out, thrust 
out, etc.: see exert.] Protruded; projecting 
from a cavity or sheath ; projecting beyond the 
surrounding parts: as, stamens exsert; exserted 
organs in an animal, etc. : opposed to included. 
A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. 
Barnes. 
The exserted stigma of the long-styled form [Coccocyp- 
selum] stands a little above the level of the exserted an- 
thers of the short-styled form. 
Darwin, Different Forms of Flowers, p. 133. 
Exserted aculeus, sting, or ovipositor, in entom., an 
aculeus, etc., that cannot be withdrawn within the body. 
Exserted head, in entom., a head entirely free from 
the thorax, as in most Diptera and Hymenoptera. 
exsertile (ek-ser'til), a. [< exsert + -He.] Ca- 
pable of being protruded; protrusile. 
exsertion (ek-ser'shon), n. [< exsert + -ion. 
Cf . exertion.] The state or quality of being ex- 
serted. 
The degree of exsertion of the spire. T. Gill. 
exsiccant (ek-sik'ant), a. and n. [Also written 
exiccant; < L. exsicean(t-)s, ppr. of exsiccare, dry 
up: see exsiccate.] I. a. Drying; removing 
moisture ; having the property of drying. 
If it be dry bare, you must apply next to it some dry or 
exsiccant medicine. Wiseman, Surgery, vi. 5. 
II. H. In med., a drug having drying proper- 
ties. 
Some are moderately moist, and require to be treated 
with medicines of the like nature, such as fleshy parts ; 
others, dry in themselves, yet require exsiccants, as bones. 
Wiseman, Surgery, vi. 5. 
exsiccatae, exsiccati (ek-si-ka'te, -tl), n. pi. 
[NL., f. (so. plantte) and m. (BO. fungi, etc.) of 
L. exsiccatus, pp. of exsiccare, dry up : see exsic- 
cate.] In bot., dried specimens of plants, es- 
pecially specimens issued in uniform numbered 
sets for herbariums. Cryptogams, as fungi and alga;, 
exsufflate 
are frequently distributed Ii\ hundreds (centuries), each 
hundred ur eentuiy r.in>titntini; a volume in the series. 
exsiccate (ck-sik'ut or ck'si-kat), V. t.; pret. 
and pp. exsiccated, ppr. exsiccating. [Also writ- 
ten fxicctite; < L. exsiccatux, rsircntitx, pp. of ex- 
..iri-iire, exiccare, dry up, make quite dry, < ex 
+ xiccnre, make dry, <siccus, dry; cf. desiccate.] 
To dry; remove moisture from by evaporation 
or absorption. 
< ' reat heats and droughts exsiccate, and waste the moist- 
ure ... of the earth. Mortimer, Husbandry. 
exsiccati, n. pi. See exsiccator. 
exsiccation (ek-si-ka'shpn), n. [Also written 
exiccalioii; = F. exsiccation = Pr. exsicatio = 
Pg. exsiccac^So = It. essiccazione, < LL. exsicca- 
tio(n-), a drying up, < L. exsiccare, pp. exsicca- 
tus: see exsiccate.] The act or operation of 
drying ; evaporation of moisture ; desiccation ; 
dryness. 
That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of 
humidity will be resolved by humectation, as earth, dirt, 
and clay. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 1. 
An universal drought and exsiccation of the earth. 
Bentley, Sermons, iv. 
Had the exsiccation been progressive, such as we may 
suppose to have been produced by an evaporating heat, 
how came it to stop at the point at which we see it? 
Paley, Nat. Theol., xxii. 
exsiccative (ek-sik'a-tiv), o. and . [= Pg. 
fxsiccativo = It. essiccativo; asexsiccate + -ive.] 
I. a. Tending to make dry ; having the power 
of drying. 
II. . A medicine or preparation having 
drying properties. 
It is one of the ingredients also to those emplastres 
which are devised for gentle refrigeratives and exsicca- 
tices. Ilolland, tr. of Pliny, xxxiv. 13. 
exsiccator (ek'si-ka-tor), n. [= It. essiccatore, 
< NL. "exsiccator, < L. exsiccare, dry up: see ex- 
siccate.] 1. An arrangement for drying moist 
substances, generally consisting of an apart- 
ment through which heated air passes, and 
which may also contain sulphuric acid, quick- 
lime, or other absorbents. 2. In chem., a ves- 
sel having a tightly fitting cover and contain- 
ing strong sulphuric acid or other absorbent of 
moisture, in which chemical preparations are 
dried, or crucibles, etc., are allowed to cool be- 
fore weighing. Also desiccator. 
exspuition (ek-spu-ish'on), n. [= F. exspuition, 
< L. exspuitio(n-),'expuiiio(n-), a spitting out, < 
exspxcre, spit out, < ex, out, + spuere = E. spew.] 
A discharge of saliva by spitting; the act of 
spitting. Also spelled expuition. [Rare.] 
exsputory (ek-spu'to-ri), a. [< L. exsputus, ex- 
putus, pp. of exspuere, expuere, spit out (see 
exspuition), + -ory.] Spit out or rejected. 
[Rare.] 
I cannot immediately recollect the exsputory lines. 
Cowper. 
exstipulate (ek-stip'u-lat), . [< ex- priv. + 
stipulate, a.] In bot.j having no stipules. 
exstrophy (eks'tro-fi), . [Irreg. for *ecstrophy, 
< Gr. eKVT/xxjti/, dislocation, lit. a turning out, < 
eKarpcQuv, turn out, turn inside out, < CK, out, + 
aTptyen; turn: seestrophe.] In pathol., a turning 
inside out of a part ; specifically, a congenital 
malformation of the bladder. 
exstructiont, [< L. exstructio(n-), a building 
up, erection, < exstruere, pp. exstructus, build 
up, < ex, out, + struere, build ; cf . construct, de- 
struct, destroy. The sense here given is im- 
ported from destruction."] Destruction. Hey- 
wood. 
6XSUCCOUS (ek-suk'us), a. [Also written exuc- 
cous; < L. exsuccus, prop, exsucus, juiceless, sap- 
less, < ex- priv. + succus, prop, siicus, juice, sap.] 
Destitute of juice or sap ; dry. 
exsuction (ek-suk'shpn), n. [< L. exsuctus, pp. 
of exsugere, suck out, < ex, out, + sugere, suck : 
see suck.] The act of sucking out. Boyle. 
exsudation, . See exudation. 
exsufflate (ek-suf 'lat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. exsuf- 
flatcd, ppr. exsufflating. [< LL. exsufflatus, ex- 
ufflatus, pp. of exsufflarc, exttfflare, blow away, 
eccles. blow at or upon a person or thing, esp. 
as a charm against the devil, < L. ex, out, + 
sufflare, blow upon, blow at,< sub, under, + flare 
=E. blowl.] Eccles., to exorcise, drive away, or 
remove by blowing. In the early church, a catechu- 
men before baptism was commanded to turn to the west 
and thrice exsufflate Satan. 
The exorcising such a demon is practised by white men 
as a religious rite, even including the act of exsufflatiwj it, 
or blowing it away, which our Mojave Indian illustrated 
by the gesture of blowing away an imaginary spirit, and 
which is well known as forming a part of the religious rites 
of both the Greek and Roman Church. 
E. B. Tylor, Science, IV. 547. 
