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nf rfefpirntion is continually to difcharge and expel an 
accrementitions fluid out of the mafs of blood. Woodward.. 
EXCRES'CENCE, or Excrescenc Y,J.[excrefco,Ttxt.~\ 
Somewhat growing out of another without life, and con¬ 
trary to the common order of produdiion ; preternatural 
production.—All beyond this is mondrotis, ’tis out of 
nature, ’tis an cxcrefcence, and not a living part of poetry. 
Dry den. 
EXCRES'CENT, adj. \_excrefccns, Lat.] That which 
grows out of another with preternatural fuperfluity : 
Expunge the whole, or lop th’ excrefcent parts 
Of all, our vices have created arts : 
Then fee-how little the remaining fum, 
Which ferv’d the pad, and muft the times to come. Pope. 
EXCRE'TION, f. [excretio , Lat.] Separation of ani¬ 
mal fubftance ; ejecting fomewhat quite out of the body, 
as of no further life, which is called excrement. Quincy. 
—The fymptomsof the excretion of the bile vitiated, area 
yellowifh fkin, white hard fteces, lofs of appetite and 
lixivial urine. Arbutlinot .—The thing excerned. The 
mofs from apple-trees is little better titan an excretion. 
■Bacon. 
EXCRE'TIVE, adj. [ excretus , Lat.] Havingthe power 
of feparating and ejecting excrements.—A diminution of 
the body happens by the excretive faculty, excerning and 
evacuating more than neceflary. Harvey. 
EXCRE'TORY, adj. Having the quality of feparating 
and ejecting fuperfltious parts. In anatomy, it is applied 
to certain little dutts or veffels, deftined for the reception 
of a fluid, fecreted in certain glandules, and other vifeera, 
for the excretion of it in the appropriated places. 
EXCRE'TORY, f. The indrument of excretion.— 
Excretories of the body are nothing blit flender dips of the 
arteries, deriving an appropriated juice from the blood. 
Ckeyne. 
EXCRU'CIABLE, adj. Liable to torment. 
To EXCRU'CIATE, v. a. [ excracio , Lat.] To torture ; 
to torment.—-Leave them as long as they keep their hard- 
nefs and impenitent hearts, to thofe gnawing and excru¬ 
ciating fears, thofe whips of the Divine Nemelis, that fre¬ 
quently fcourge even atheids themfelves. Bentley. 
EXCUBA'TION, f. \_excubatio, Latin.] The aCt of 
watching all night. 
EXCU'BIzE,/! In antiquity, the watches and guards 
kept in the day by the Roman foldiers. They are con- 
tradittinguifhed vigiliee, which were kept in the night. 
To EXCUL'PATE, v. a. [rxand culpo, Lat.] To clear 
from the imputation of a fault.—A good child will not 
leek to exculpate herfelf at the expence of the mod revered 
characters. Clarijfa. 
To EXCUR', v.n. To pafs beyond limits. A word not 
ufed. —His difeafe was an adhma, or ex curving to an or- 
thopneeia ; the canfe, a tranflation of tartarous humours 
from his joints to his lungs. Harvey. 
EXCUR'SION, J. [excvrjion, Fr. excurro, Lat.] The 
aCt of deviating from the dated or fettled path ; a ramble: 
The mufe whofe early voice you taught to ling, 
Prefcrib’d her heights, and prun’d her tender wing; 
Her guide now lod, no more attempts to rife, 
But in low numbers fiiort excurfions tries. Pope. 
An expedition into fome diftant part.—The mind extends 
its thoughts often beyond the utmod expanfion of matter, 
and makes excurjions into that incomprehenfible. l.ocke .— 
ProgrefTion beyond fixed limits.-—The caufes of thofe 
great excurfions of the feafons into the extremes of cold 
and heat, are very obfeure. Arbuthnot. —Digredion ; ram¬ 
ble from a fubjedt.—I am too weary to allow myfelf any 
excurjion from the main defign. Atterbury. 
EXCUR'SIVE, adj. [from excurro, Lat.] Rambling; 
wandering; deviating: 
But wliy fo far excurfwe, when at hand. 
Fair-handed fpring unbofoms every grace ? Thomfon. 
EXCU'SABLE, adj. Pardonable ; that for which 
fome excufe or apology may be admitted.—Before the 
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gpfpel, impenitency was much more excufable, becaufe 
men were ignorant. Tillotfon. 
EXCU'S AB.LENESS, f. Pardonablenefs ; capability 
to be excufed.—It may fatisfy others of the excujablenejs 
of my dillatisfaClion, to perufe the enfuing relation. Boyle. 
EXCUSA'TI, in church liidory, a term ufed to denote 
Haves, who flying to any church for fandhiary, were ex¬ 
cufed and pardoned by their loaders ; but thefe were 
obliged to take an oath to that purpefe before they could 
have them again ; and, if they broke the catii, they were 
punifhed and fined as perfons guilty of perjury. 
EXCUSA'TJON, f. Excufe ; plea ; apology.—Pre¬ 
faces, excufations, and other fpceches of reference to the 
perfon, though they feem to proceed of modedy, tiiey 
are bravery. Bacon. 
EXCU'SATORY, adj. Pleadingexcufe , apologetical; 
making apology. 
To EXCU'SE, v. a. [ excufo , Lat.] To extenuate Ly 
apology : 
Bad men excufe their faults, good men will leave them ; 
He atts the third crime that defends the di d. Ben Jonfbn. 
To difengage from an obligation ; remit attendance.—I 
have bought a piece of ground, and l mud needs go and 
fee it : I pray thee have me excuj'ed. Luke. —To remit ; 
not to exadt ; as, to excufe a forfeiture.—To weaken or 
mollify obligation to any thing ; to obtain remidion.— 
Nor could the real danger of leaving their dwellings to 
go up to the temple, excufe their journey. South .—To 
pardon by allowing an apology : 
O thou, whoe’er thou art, excufe the force 
Thefe men have us’d ; and O befriend our courfe 1 Add. 
Excufe fome courtly drains ; 
No whiter page titan Addifon’s remains. Pope. 
To throw off imputation by a feigned apology.—Think 
you that we excufe ourfelves unto you? 2 Cor. xii.—To 
judify ; to vindicate. ThisJenfe is rare. —Accuiing or elfe 
excufing one another. Rom. 
EXCU'SE,/. [from the verb. This laflfyliable of the 
verb is founded as if written excuze , that of the noun with 
the natural found.] Plea offered in extenuation ; apology. 
—We find out fonte excufe or other for deferring good re- 
folutions, ’till our intended retreat is cut off by death. 
Addjbn. —The act of excufing orapologiiing : 
Heaven put it in thy mind to take it hence, 
That thou might’d win the more thy father’s love, 
Pleading fo wifely in excufe of it. Shahefpeare. 
Caufe for which one is excufed : 
Let no vain hope your eafy mind feduce ; 
For rich ill poets are without excufe. Rofcommon. 
Nothing but love this patience could produce ; 
And I allow' your rage that kind excufe. Dryden. 
EXCU'SELESS, adj. That for which no excufe or apo¬ 
logy can be given.—The voluntary enslaving myfelf is 
excu/elefs. Decay of Piety. 
EXCU'SER, f. One who pleads for another.—In vain 
would his excufers endeavour to palliate his enormities, 
by imputing them to madnefs. Swift. —One who forgives 
another. 
To EXCU'SS, v, a. fxcujfus, Latin.] To feize and de¬ 
tain by law.—The perion of a man ought not, by the civil 
law, to be taken for a debt, unlefs his goods and edate 
have been fird ex-cuffed. Aylijfe. 
EXCUS'SION, f. [ac ufjio, Latin.] Seizure by law.™ 
If upon an cxcujfion there are not goods to latisfy the judg- 1 
ment, his body may be attached. Aylijfe. 
EX'EAT ,f. In church difeipline, a Latin term, ufed 
for a permidion which a bifhop grants a pried to go out of 
his diocefe ; or an abbot to a religious to go out of his 
monaftery. The word is alfo ufed in great fchoois for 
leave given afcholar or dudent to go out. 
EXECHEBRON'CHUS,/ [from fiyyyi, to abound in, 
and fyoyy.ot;, Gr. the throat.] Having a prominent throat. 
EXECHEGLU'TUS, f. [from tiyyyi, to abound in, 
and -yAc/icKjGr, the buttocks.] Having prominent buttocks. 
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