exulcerate 
exulcerate (eg-zul'se-rat), c. ; pret. and pp. ex- 
ulcerated, ppr. exulceratiitg. [< L. exulcemtus, 
pp. of exulcerare (> It. esulcerare = Sp. Pg. ex- 
ulcerar = F. exulcerer), cause to suppurate or 
ulcerate, < ex, out, + ulcerare, ulcerate : see 
ulcerate.] I. trans. 1. To produce an ulcer or 
ulcers on ; ulcerate. 
This acrimonious soot produces another sad effect, by 
rendering the people obnoxious to inflammations, and 
comes (in time) to exulcerate the lungs. 
Evelyn, Fumifugium, i. 
2. To corrode ; fret or anger ; afflict. 
It is not easie to speake to the contentation of miiides 
exulcerated in themselves, but that somewhat there will 
he alwayes which displeaseth. 
Hooter, Eccles. Polity, ill. 2. 
II. intrans. To become an ulcer or ulcerous. 
Sharp and eager humours will not evaporate ; and then 
they must exulcerate, and so may endanger the sovereign- 
ty itself. Bacon, Speech in Parliament (7 Jac. 1 ). 
exulceratet (eg-zul'se-rat), a. [< L. exulcera- 
tus, pp.: see the verb.] Corroded; irritated; 
vexed; enraged. 
Or if that should misse, yet Ursicinus, alreadie exulcer- 
ate, and carrying rancour in his heart, be utterly abolished, 
to the end that no scruple should remaine behind, greatly 
to be feared. Holland, tr. of Ammianus (1609). 
exulceration (eg-zul-se-ra'shon), . [= F. ex- 
ulceration = Sp. exulceracion = Pg. exulcerayao 
= It. esulcerazione, < L. exuleeratio(n-), < exul- 
cerare, cause to ulcerate: see exulcerate.] 1. 
The act of causing ulcers, or the process of be- 
coming ulcerous. 
It turns into a plague, and infects the heart, and it dies 
infallibly of a double exulceration. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 888. 
2. A fretting; exacerbation; corrosion. 
This exulceration of mind made him apt to take all 
causes of contradiction. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ii. 5. 
exulcerative (eg-zul'se-ra-tiv), o. [= F. ex- 
ulceratif = Pg. exulcerativo = It. esulcerativo ; 
as exulcerate + -ive.] Having a tendency to 
form ulcers ; rendering ulcerous. 
The leaves and braunches be exulcerative, and will raise 
blisters upon the bodie. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxiii. 1. 
exulceratory (eg-zul'se-ra-to-ri), a. [< L. ex- 
ulceratorius, < exulcerare, pp. exulceratus, cause 
to ulcerate: see exulcerate. ] Same as exulcera- 
tive. 
exult (eg-zulf), v. i. [= F. exulter = Pg. ex- 
ultar = It. esultare, < L. exultare, exsultare, leap 
up, leap for joy, rejoice, exult, freq. of exsilire, 
exilire, leap up, leap out, etc., < ex, out, + sa- 
lire, leap : see salient. Cf. insult, desultory, and 
see exile 1 , .] To leap for joy; rejoice exceed- 
ingly; especially, to rejoice in triumph; tri- 
umph : as, to exult over a fallen adversary. 
Sir To. \Vouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly 
rascally sheep-biter come by some notable shame? 
Fab. 1 would exult, man. Shak., T. N., ii. 5. 
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, 
And leap exulting like the bounding roe. 
Pope, Messiah, 1. 44. 
O hollow wraith of dying fame, 
Fade wholly, while the soul exults. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxiii. 
exultance, exultancy (eg-zul'tans, -tan-si), M. 
[Cf. LL. exsultantia, a leaping up, an attack, 
< L. exsultan(t-)s, exultan(t-)s, ppr. of exsultare, 
exultare, leap up: see exultant.] Exultation. 
Certainly it hath proved scandalous to those without ; 
as may appear by that boast and exultancy of Campian, in 
his eighth reason. Hammond, Works, IV. 624. 
exultant (eg-zul'tant), a. [< L. exultan(t-)s, 
exsultan(t-)s, ppr. of exultare, exsultare, exult: 
see exult.] Exulting or expressing exultation; 
rejoicing exceedingly or triumphantly, or indi- 
cating such rejoicing. 
Break away, exultant, from every defilement. 
It. Taylor. 
But soon, emerging with a fresher ray, 
He starts exultant, and renews the day. 
W . Broome, On Death. 
To let my heart be heaved by the exultant movement, 
which, while it swelled it in trouble, expanded it with life. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xii. 
exultation (ek-sul-ta'shqn), n. [= F. exulta- 
tion = Sp. exultacion = Pg. exultaqSo = It. esul- 
tazione, < L. exultatio(n-), exsultatio(n-), a leap- 
ing up, a rejoicing, exultation, < exultare, ex- 
sultare, leap up, exult: aee exult.] The act of 
exulting ; lively joy at success or victory, or at 
any advantage gained ; great gladness ; trium- 
phant delight ; triumph. 
Go together, 
You precious winners all ; your exultation 
Partake to every one. Shak., W. T., v. 3. 
The mild and joyous exultation with which the meeting 
of the States-General and the fall of the Bastile had been 
hailed had passed away. Macaulay, Mirabeau. 
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exultet (ek-sul'tet), . [L. exultet, exsultet, 3d 
pers. sing. fut. ind. act. of exultare, exsultare, 
leap up, exult: see exult.] In the Western 
Church since the fifth century or later, and in 
the Roman Catholic Church to the present day, 
the hymn sung by the deacon from the pulpit 
(formerly from the gospel ambo) at the bene- 
diction of the paschal taper on Holy Saturday 
or Easter eve. It begins with the words " Exsultet 
jam angelica turba crelorum " (' Let the angelic multi- 
tude of the heavens now rejoice '), and takes its name 
from the first word. In the middle ages the hymn Ei- 
ultet was often written on a long roll of vellum and illu- 
minated with pictures so placed as to be upside down to 
the deacon as he read the words, in order that, as he grad- 
ually unrolled it and let it fall outside the ambo, the pic- 
tures might be seen upright by the people. Such an Ex- 
ultet roll was sometimes 12 feet long. The Exultet was 
anciently used in some churches on the vigil of Pentecost 
also. See paschal. 
exultingly (eg-zul'ting-li), adv. In an exult- 
ing or triumphant manner. 
In his last moments, he thus exultingly cries out, " their 
rock is not as our rock, our enemies themselves being 
judges." Warburton, Alliance (App. to Isted.). 
In her hand 
A suit of bright apparel, which she laid 
Flat on the couch, and spoke exultingly. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
exumbral (eks-um'bral), a. [< L. ex, out, + 
umbra, shade (see unibrella), + -al.] Same as 
exumbrellar. 
The division of the umbrella on the exumbral side into 
a central and coronal or peripheral zone. 
A. W. Oreely, Arctic Service, p. 400. 
exumbrella (eks-um-brel'a), n. [< L. ex, out, 
+ NL. umbrella, q. v.] The aboral or exter- 
nal surface of the umbrella of an acaleph, as a 
jelly-fish ; the upper part or outside of the bell 
as the creature swims : distinguished from the 
adoral part, or adumbrella. 
The genue Nauphanta is a characteristic one, and ia re- 
markable in the peculiar sculpturing of the exumbrella. 
A. W. Oreely, Arctic Service, p. 400. 
exumbrellar (eks-um-brel'Sr), o. [< exumbrel- 
la + -ar 3 .] Of or pertaining to the exumbrella. 
Also exumbral. 
exundatet (eg-zun'dat), >. . [< L. exundatus, 
pp. of exundare, flow out or over, overflow, < ex, 
out, + undare, rise in waves, < undo, a wave : 
see ound, undulate. Cf. inundate.] To over- 
flow. 
exundationt (ek-sun-da'shon), n. [< L. exun- 
datio(n-), < exundare, pp. exundatus, overflow.] 
The act of exundating; an overflow; an over- 
flowing abundance. 
It is more worthy of the Deity to attribute the creation 
of the world to the exundation and overflowing of his 
transcendent and infinite goodness. 
Hay, Works of Creation, i. 
exungulate (eg-zung'gu-lat), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. exungulated, ppr. exungulating. [< LL. ex- 
ungulatus, pp. of exungulare, intr., lose the hoof 
(cf. ML. exungulare, tr., tear with iron claws, 
as a torture), < ex, out, + ungula, a claw, a 
hoof: see ungulate.] To pare off the nails or 
hoofs of ; deprive of nails or hoofs. [Rare.] 
exungulation (eg-zung-gu-la'shon), n. [< ex- 
ungulate + -ion.] The act of exungulating. 
Bailey, 1731. [Rare.] 
exuperable, exuperance, etc. See exsuperable, 
etc. 
exuret, v. A Middle English variant of assure. 
Passith pleynly and also doeth excede 
The wytte of man, I doo you well exure. 
Lydgate, MS. Ashmole 39, f. 55. (Halliwell.) 
exurgent, a. See exsurgent. 
exustiblet (eg-zus'ti-bl), a. [< L. exustus, pp. 
of exurere, burn up, consume (see exustion), + 
-ible.] Combustible. Davies. 
Contention is like fire, for both burn so long as there is 
any ex-ustible matter to contend with. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 149. 
exustion (eg-zus'chon), n. [< L. exusUo(n-), a 
burning up, a conflagration, < exurere, pp. exus- 
tus, burn out, burn up, consume, < ex, out, 4- 
urere, burn. Cf. adusfi, combust.] The act or 
operation of burning up. [Rare.] 
The frightful effects which this exustion [of Sodom and 
Gomorrah] left are still remaining. 
Biblioth. Bibl. (1720), I. 424. 
ex USU (eks u'su). [L.: ex, out of, from; usu, 
abl. of usus, use : see use.] From or by use. 
exuviability (ek-su"vi-a-biri-ti), n. [< exuvi- 
able : see -bility.] Capability of exuviating; 
susceptibility of being exuviated. Craig. 
exuviable (ek-su'vi-a-bl), a. [< exuvi(ate) + 
-able.] Capable of being cast or thrown off, as 
the skeletons of articulated animals. 
eyas 
exuviae (ek-su'vi-e), n. pi. [L., that which is 
stripped, drawn, or taken off from the body, 
clothing, equipments, spoils, etc., also the skin 
of an animal, slough, hair, etc., < exuere, strip, 
draw, or pull off, < ex, out, off, + *uere, found 
also in ind-uere, put on ( > induvice, clothes) : see 
inline 1 .] 1. Cast-off skins, shells, or other cov- 
erings of animals ; any parts of animals which 
are shed or sloughed off, as the skins of cater- 
pillars, the shells of lobsters, the cuticle of 
snakes, the feathers of birds. 
At the end of that time, and much about the same day, 
they divested the habit they had whilst they lived as fish- 
es, and appeared with their exuvia; or cast coats under 
their feet, showing themselves to be perfect gnats. 
Boyle, Works, III. 378. 
2. Skins of animals artificially removed and 
prepared for preservation. 
exuvial (ek-su'vi-al), a. [< exuriu- + -al.] Per- 
taining to or of the nature of exuvias. 
The load of exuvial coats and breeches under which he 
[the old-clothesman] staggers. Thackeray, Catharine. 
In the poet's mind, the fact has gone quite over into the 
new element of thought [the ideal], and has lost all that 
is exuvial. Emerson, Shakespeare. 
exuviate (ek-su'vi-at), v. ; pret. and pp. exuvi- 
ated, ppr. exuviating. [< exuvio! + -ate 2 .] I. 
intrans. To molt; shed or cast some part, as 
skin, hair, feathers, teeth, or shell. 
II. trans. To shed, cast, or throw off, as an 
effete skin, shell, or other external covering. 
Even when the Entomostraca have attained their full 
growth, they continue to exuviate their shell. 
W. K. Carpenter, Micros., 610. 
At birth, or when the egg is hatched, the amnion bursts 
and is thrown off, and BO much of the allantois as lies out- 
side the walls of the body is similarly exuviated. 
Huxlet/, Anat. Vert., p. 14. 
exuviation (ek-su-vi-a'shon), n. [< exuviate + 
-ion.] In zool., the rejection or casting off of 
some part, as the deciduous teeth, the skin of 
serpents, the shells of crustaceans, etc. 
I have referred to what I have called the primordial 
valves ; these are not calcified ; they are formed at the 
first exuviation, when the larval integuments are shed. 
Darwin, Cirripedia, Int., p. 6. 
Society, in all its developments, undergoes the process 
of exuviation. H. Spencer, Universal Progress, p. 114. 
CX-VOto (eks-vo'to), n. [< L. ex voto, lit. out of 
a vow: ex, out; voto, abl. of rotttm, a vow: see 
ex-, vote, vow.] An object presented at a shrine 
as a votive offering ; an offering, as a tablet, 
picture, etc., made in pursuance of a vow: a 
practice common in Roman Catholic countries. 
They [inscriptions] occur on a multitude of ex-votos, and 
on plates of bronze and copper. Athenceum. 
One has only to notice, to be assured of the fact, how 
crowded are the sanctuaries of these black Madonnas 
with ex-votos, often costly, testifying to manifestations of 
supernatural power. Contemporary Rev., L, 106. 
eylf, n. [ME. ey. ei, ay, ai, pi. eyren, eiren, etc., 
an egg: seeeggl.] A Middle English form of 
ego 1 . 
Seyud bacoun and soni tyme an ey or tweye. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 25. 
ey 2 t, interj. [A mere syllable of ejaculation; 
cf. eigh, eh, hey, etc.] Eh! what! Chaucer. 
-ey. [See the words quoted.] A termination of 
various origin, a reduced form of different final 
syllables in Latin, French, Anglo-Saxon, etc. 
Itisnotrecognizedorfeltasan English formative. Insome 
words, as alley, money, etc., it represents an earlier diph- 
thong ; in others the e is unhistorical, the termination be- 
ing a mere orthographic variant of -y or -ie, as in honey, 
donkey, monkey, whiskey, etc., being referred, as a suffix, 
to the simple -y when attached to nouns ending in .'/. as 
in clayey, skyey, etc. 
eyalet (a-ya'let), n. [Turk, eydlet, a province 
governed by a governor-general, < tcali, < Ar. 
wall, welt, a governor (wilaya, province, govern- 
ment: see vilayet), wait, a lord, master.] For- 
merly, one of the largest administrative divi- 
sions of the Turkish empire ; a pashalic. Vila- 
yet is the name now given to an analogous 
division. 
(i'as), . and a. [A corruption, due to 
ividing, taking a nyas, a nias, as an eyas; so 
eye 2 , a nest, for nye; the initial n being thus 
lost from the noun, as in adder 1 , orange, etc. : 
see nias.] I. n. In falconry, a hawk which has 
been brought up from the nest, as distinguished 
from a hawk caught and trained : same as nias. 
An aiery of children, little eyasex, that cry out on the 
top of question, and are most tyrannically clapp'd for 't. 
Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 
For game-hawking eyases are generally used, though 
undoubtedly passage or wild-caught hawks are to be pre- 
ferred. . . . Eyases were not held in esteem by the old 
falconers. . . . These hawks have been very much better 
understood and managed in the nineteenth century than 
in the Middle Ages. Kne-iie. Brit., IX. 9. 
