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The terms exhalation , and vapour , are often nfed indif¬ 
ferently ; but the more accurate writers diftinguifh them, 
appropriating the term vapour to the moil! fumes railed 
from water and other liquid bodies; and the term exha¬ 
lation to the dry ones emitted front folid bodies ; as earth, 
fire, minerals, &c. In this fenfe, exhalations are dry and 
fubtle corpufcles, or effluvia, loofened from hard terref- 
trial bodies, either by the heat of the fun, or the adtion 
of tiie air, or home other caufe: being emitted upwards 
to a certain height in the atmofphere, where, mixing with 
the vapours, they help to conffitute clouds, and return 
back in dews, mills, rains, &c. 
To EXHA'LE, v. a. [ exhalo , Lat.] To fend or draw 
opt in v.apours or fumes.—I flattered myfelf with the 
hopes that the vapour had been exhaled. Temple. 
Fear freezes minds ; but love, like heat, 
Exhales the foul fublime to feek her native feat. Drydtn. 
To draw out: 
See, dead Henry’s wounds 
Open their congeal’d mouths, and bleed afrefli! 
Blufli, blufli, thou lump of foul deformity ; 
For ’iis thy prefence that exhales this blood 
From cold and empty veins, where no blood dwells. 
ShakeJ'peare. 
EXHA'LEMENT,y". Matter exhaled ; vapour.—Nor 
will polithed amber, although it fend forth a grofs and 
corporal exhalement, be found a long time defective upon 
the exadteft fcales. Brown. 
To EXHAU'ST, v. a. To drain; to diminifh ; to de¬ 
prive by draining.—Spermatic matter of a vitious fort 
abounds in the blood, exhaujls it of its beft fpirits, and 
derives the flower of it to the feminal veflels. Wifeman. — 
To draw out totally; to draw till nothing is left.—Though 
the knowledge they have left us be worth our ftudy, yet 
they exhaujled not all its treafures : they left a great deal 
for the induflry and fagacity of after-ages. Locke. ^ 
EXHAU'STION, J. The aft of drawing or draining. 
In algebra, it denotes a method of demonftration, founded 
on the ioth book of Euclid. Upon the method of ex. 
hauftions depends the method of indivifibles introduced 
by Cavalerius, which is but a fhorter way of ex prefling the 
method of exhauftions; as alfo Wallis’s arithmetic of in¬ 
finites, which is a farther improvement of the method of 
indivifibles; and hence alio the methods of increments, 
differentials, fluxions, and infinite feries; which fee under 
the article Algebra. 
EXHAUST'LF.SS, adj. Not to be emptied; not to 
be all drawn off; inexhauliible : 
Of heat and light, what everduring (lores, 
Brought from the fun’s exhaujllejs golden (bores, 
Through gulphs immenfe of intervening air, 
Enrich the earth, and every lofs repair. Blackmore. 
To EXHI'BIT, v.a. [ exhibio, Lat.] To offer to view 
or ufe ; to offer or propofe in a formal or public manner. 
—If any claim redrefs of injuftice, they fliould exhibit their 
petitions in the ftreet. ShakeJ'peare. —To (how ; to difplay. 
—One of an unfortunate conflitution is perpetually exhi¬ 
biting a miferable example of the weaknefs of mind and 
body. Pope. 
EXHI'BIT, f. Any paper exhibited in a court of law 
or equity.—File is a thread or wire, upon which writs or 
other exhibits in courts are put. Termes dc la Ley. 
EXHI'BITER.y; Me that offers any thing, as a peti¬ 
tion or charge, in a public manner : 
He feems indifferent, 
Or rather Iwaying more upon our part, 
Than cherifhing th’ exhibiters againfl us. Shalujpcare. 
EXHIBITION, /. The aft of exhibiting ; difplay; 
fetting forth.—What are all mechanic works, but the 
fenlible exhibition of mathematic demonftration ? Grew .— 
Allowance; (alary; penfion : it is much ufed for pen- 
fions allowed to icholars at the univeriity,—He is now 
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negledled, and driven to live in exile upon a fmall exhibL 
tion. Swift. 
What maintenance he from his friends receives. 
Like exhibition thou (bait have from me. Shakefpeare. 
Payment; recompence.—I would not do fuch a thing 
for gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any petty exhibition. 
Shakefpeare. 
EXHI'BITIVE, adj. Reprefentative ; difplaying.—. 
Truths mud have an eternal exiftence in fome underftand- 
ing ; or rather, they are the fame with that underftanding 
itfelf, confldered as varioufly exhibitive or reprefentative, 
according to various modes of inimitabiiity or participa¬ 
tion. Norris. 
To EXHI'LARATE, v.a. [exhilaro, Lat.] To make 
cheerful ; to cheer ; to fill with mirth ; to enliven ; to 
glad ; to gladden.—The coming into a fair garden, the 
coming into a fair room richly furnifhed, a beautiful per- 
fon, and the like, do delight and exhilarate the fpirit 
much. Bacon. 
EXHILARA'TION, f. Ths aft of giving gaiety. 
The ftate of being enlivened. —Exhilaration hath fome 
affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. 
Bacon. 
7 ’oEXHO’RT, v. a. [ exhortor , Lat.] To incite by words 
to any good adtion.—We beteech you, and exhort you by 
the Lord Jefus, that as ye have received of us, how you 
ought to walk, fo ye would abound, TheJJalonians .—M.y 
duty is to exhort you to confider the dignity of that hoiy 
myflery. Common Prayer. —Defigning or exhorting glorious 
war. Milton. 
EXHORT A'TION,/ The a£t of exhorting ; incite¬ 
ment to good.—If we will not encourage public benefi¬ 
cence, ’till we are fecure that no ftorm (hall overturn 
what we help to build, there is no room for exhortations to 
charity. Atterbury. —The form of words by which one is 
exhorted.—I’ll end my exhortation after dinner. Shakefpeare. 
EXHORT A'TORY, adj. Tending to exhort. 
EXHOR'TER, f. One who exhorts or encourages by 
words. * 
EXHUMA'TION, f. [ex, out of, and humus, Lat. the 
ground.] The apt of digging up a human body after in¬ 
terment. 
To EXIC'CATE, v. a. [e.rfcco, Lat.] Todry; todrvup. 
EXIC'CATION, f. A refaction'; adl of drying up t 
ftate of being dried up.—What is more eafily refuted than 
that old vulgar afferlion of an univerfal drought and exic- 
cation of the earth ? Bentley. 
EXIC'CATIVE, adj. Drying in quality ; having the 
power of drying. 
EXIDEU'IL, a town of France, and principal place of 
a diftrici:, in the department of Dordogne; ten leagues 
fouth of Limoges, and fix north eaft of Perigueux. 
EX'IGENCE, or Exigency, f. [The word is proba¬ 
bly only a corruption of exigents, vitiated by an unfkil- 
ful pronunciation.] Demand ; want ; need.—While our 
fortunes exceed not the meafures of real convenience, and 
are adapted to the exigencies of our ftation, we perceive 
the hand of Providence in our gradual and fucceflive fup- 
plies. Rogers. —Preifing neceffity ; diftrefs; fudden ocea- 
fion.—.This diftimulation in war may be called flratagem 
and conduct; in other exigencies addrefs and dexterity, 
Broome. 
Now in fuch exigencies not to need, 
Upon my word y<yj mud be rich indeed! 
A noble fuperfluity it craves, 
Not for yourfelf, but for your fools and knaves. Pope. 
EX'IGENT,/. [cxigens, I,at.] Prefling bufmefs ; occa- 
fion that requires immediate help.—In fuch an exigent I 
fee not how they could have (laid to deliberate about any 
other regimen than that which already was deviled to 
their hands. Hooker. 
The council met, your guards to find you fent. 
And know your plerfure in this exigent. Waller. 
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