Chapter 555

Exhaust draught , a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. -- Exhaust fan , a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. -- Exhaust nozzle , Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine) , the blast orifice or nozzle. -- Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine) , the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine) , the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. -- Exhaust purifier (Milling) , a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight . -- Exhaust steam (Steam Engine) , steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. -- Exhaust valve (Steam Engine) , a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.

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Ex*haust" , n. (Steam Engine) 1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

Exhauster <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust"er (?) n. One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

Exhaustibility <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. Capability of being exhausted.

I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. J. S. Mill.

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Ex*haust"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.

Johnson.

Exhausting <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust"ing , a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors . -- Ex*haust"ing , adv.

Exhaustion <Xpage=523>

Ex*haus"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. exhaustion .] 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.

3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.

&hand; The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.

Exhaustive <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust"ive (?) , a. Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method . Ex*haust"ive*ly , adv.

Exhaustless <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust"less , a. Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store .

Exhaustment <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust"ment (?) , n. Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]

Exhausture <Xpage=523>

Ex*haus"ture (?) , n. Exhaustion.

Wraxall.

Exhedra <Xpage=523>

Ex"he*dra (?) , n. [NL.] See Exedra .

Exheredate <Xpage=523>

Ex*her"e*date (?) , v. t. [L., exheredatus , p.p. of exheredare to disinherit; ex out + heres , heredis , heir.] To disinherit. [R.]

Huloet.

Exheredation <Xpage=523>

Ex*her`e*da"tion (?) , n. [L., exheredatio : cf. F. exh\'82r\'82dation .] A disinheriting; disherisor. [R.]

Exhereditation <Xpage=523>

Ex`he*red`i*ta"tion (?) , n. [LL. exhereditare , exhereditatum , disinherit.] A disinheriting; disherison. [R.]

E. Waterhouse.

Exhibit <Xpage=523>

Ex*hib"it (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exhibited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting .] [L. exhibitus , p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit .] 1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery .

Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Pope.

2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.

He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.

3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel .

To exhibit a foundation or prize , to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. -- To exibit an essay , to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]

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Ex*hib"it , n. 1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit .

2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Exhibiter <Xpage=523>

Ex*hib"it*er (?) , n. [Cf. Exhibitor .] One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.

Shak.

Exhibition <Xpage=523>

Ex`hi*bi"tion (?) , n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition .] 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition .

3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.

What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak.

I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale.

4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.

Exhibitioner <Xpage=523>

Ex`hi*bi"tion*er (?) , n. (Eng. Univ.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.

A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.

Exhibitive <Xpage=523>

Ex*hib"it*ive (?) , a. Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory.

Norris.

-- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly , adv.

Exhibitor <Xpage=523>

Ex*hib"it*or (?) , n. [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.] One who exhibits.

Exhibitory <Xpage=523>

Ex*hib"it*o*ry (?) , a. [L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting.] Exhibiting; publicly showing.

J. Warton.

Exhilarant <Xpage=523>

Ex*hil"a*rant (?) , a. [L. exhilarans . -antis , p. pr. See Exhilarate .] Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. -- n. That which exhilarates.

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Ex*hil"a*rate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exhilarated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating .] [L. exhilaratus , p.p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious .] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

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Ex*hil"a*rate , v. i. To become joyous. [R.]

Bacon.

Exhilarating <Xpage=523>

Ex*hil"a*ra`ting (?) , a. That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. -- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly , adv.

Exhilaration <Xpage=523>

Ex*hil`a*ra"tion (?) , n. [L., exhilaratio .] 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.

Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.

Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

Exhort <Xpage=523>

Ex*hort" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exhorted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting .] [L. exhortari ; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter . See Hortative .] To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak.

Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. J. D. Forbes.

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Ex*hort" , v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.

With many other words did he testify and exhort . Acts ii. 40.

Exhort <Xpage=523>

Ex*hort" , n. Exhortation. [Obs.]

Pope.

Exhortation <Xpage=523>

Ex`hor*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. exhortatio : cf. F. exhortation .] 1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.

Exhortative <Xpage=523>

Ex*hor"ta*tive (?) , a. [L. exhortativus : cf. F. exhortatif .] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.

Barrow.

Exhortatory <Xpage=523>

Ex*hor"ta*to*ry (?) a. [L. exhortatorius : cf. F. exhortatoire .] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.

Holinshed.

Exhorter <Xpage=523>

Ex*hort"er (?) , n. One who exhorts or incites.

Exhumated <Xpage=523>

Ex*hu"ma*ted (?) , a. Disinterred. [Obs.]

Exhumation <Xpage=523>

Ex`hu*ma"tion (?) , n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio , F. exhumation .] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body .

Exhume <Xpage=523>

Ex*hume" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exhumed (?) p. pr. & vb. n. . Exhuming .] [LL. exhumare ; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer . See Humble .] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

Mantell.

Exiccate <Xpage=523>

Ex"ic*cate (?) , v. t. See Exsiccate . [Obs.]

Holland.

Exiccation <Xpage=523>

Ex`ic*ca"tion (?) , n. See Exsiccation . [Obs.]

Exigence <Xpage=523>

Ex"i*gence (?) , n. [F.] Exigency.

Hooker.

Exigency <Xpage=523>

Ex"i*gen*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Exigencies (#) . [LL. exigentia : cf. F. exigence .] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency . "The present exigency of his affairs."

Ludlow.

Syn. -- Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

Exigendary <Xpage=523>

Ex`i*gen"da*ry (?) , n. See Exigenter .

Exigent <Xpage=523>

Ex`i*gent , a. [L. exigens , -entis , p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact .] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment."

Burke.

Exigent <Xpage=523>

Ex"i*gent , n. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]

Why do you cross me in this exigent ? Shak.

2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.

Abbott.

Exigenter <Xpage=523>

Ex"i*gent*er (?) , n. (O. Eng. Law) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.

Cowell.

Exigible <Xpage=523>

Ex"i*gi*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. exigible . See Exigent .] That may be exacted; repairable. [R.]

A. Smith.

Exiguity <Xpage=523>

Ex`i*gu"i*ty (?) , n. [L. exiguitas , fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguit\'82 .] Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.]

Boyle.

Exiguous <Xpage=523>

Ex*ig"u*ous (?) , a. [L. exiguus .] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] " Exiguous resources." Carlyle. -- Ex*ig"uous*ness , n. [R.]

Exile <Xpage=523>

Ex"ile (?) , n. [OE. exil , fr. L. exilium , exsilium , fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil . Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation .] 1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

Let them be recalled from their exile . Shak.

2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.

Thou art in exile , and thou must not stay. Shak.

Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

Exile <Xpage=523>

Ex"ile (?) v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exiled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling .] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. " Exiled from eternal God."

Tennyson.

Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.

Syn. -- See Banish .

Exile <Xpage=523>

Ex*ile" (?) , a. [L. exilis .] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound."

Bacon.

Exilement <Xpage=523>

Ex"ile*ment (?) , n. [Cf. OF. exilement .] Banishment. [R.]

Sir. H. Wotton.

Exilic <Xpage=523>

Ex*il"ic (?) , a. Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon.

Encyc. Dict.

Exilition <Xpage=523>

Ex`i*li"tion (?) , n. [L. exsilire to spring from; ex out + salire to spring, leap.] A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Exility <Xpage=523>

Ex*il"ity (?) , n. [L. exilitas : cf. F. exilit\'82 . See Exile , a. ] Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [R.]

Paley.

Eximious <Xpage=523>

Ex*im"ious (?) a. [L. eximius taken out, i . e . select, fr. eximere to take out. See Exempt .] Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.]

The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.

Exinanite <Xpage=523>

Ex*in"a*nite (?) , v. t. [L. exinanitus , p. p. of exinanire ; ex out (intens.) + inanire to make empty, inanis , empty.] To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.]

Bp. Pearson.

Exinanition <Xpage=523>

Ex*in`a*ni"tion (?) n. [L. exinanitio .] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.]

Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor.

Exist <Xpage=523>

Ex*ist" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Existed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing .] [L. existere , exsistere , to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister . See Stand .] 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist . Swift.

To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. South.

2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign .

3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land .

Syn. -- See Be .

Existence <Xpage=523>

Ex*ist"ence (?) , n. [Cf. F. existence .] 1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence .

The main object of our existence . Lubbock.

2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war .

The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.

3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences .

Existency <Xpage=523>

Ex*ist"en*cy (?) , n. Existence. [R.]

Sir M. Hale.

Existent <Xpage=523>

Ex*ist"ent (?) , a. [L. existens , -entis , p. pr. of existere . See Exist .] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent . Dryden.

Existential <Xpage=523>

Ex`is*ten"tial (?) , a. Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. -- Ex`is*ten"tial*ly , adv. [Archaic]

Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige.

Exister <Xpage=523>

Ex*ist"er (?) , n. One who exists.

Existible <Xpage=523>

Ex*ist"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of existence.

Grew.

Existimation <Xpage=523>

Ex*is`ti*ma"tion (?) , n. [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate .] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.]

Steele.

Exit <Xpage=523>

Ex"it (?) . [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt , Issue .] He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth .

&hand; The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.

Exit <Xpage=523>

Ex"it , n. [See 1st Exit .] 1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.

They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.