Part 941

Ex"qui*site*ness, n. Quality of being exquisite.

Ex*quis"i*tive (?), a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd. -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Ex*san"guine (?), a. Bloodless. [R.]

Ex`san*guin"e*ous (?), a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.

Ex`san*guin"i*ty (?), n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison.

Ex*san"gui*nous (?), a. See Exsanguious.

Ex*san"gui*ous (?), a. [L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous.] 1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.

Ex*scind" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exscinding.] [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.] To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate. Barrow.

The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly.

Am. Cyc.

Ex*scribe" (?), v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Ex"script (?), n. [L. exscriptus, p. p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.] Bailey.

Ex*scrip"tur*al (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

Ex*scu"tel*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.

Ex*sect" (?), v. t. [L. exsectio.] 1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin.

2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

{ Ex*sert" (?), Ex*sert"ed, } a. [L. exsertus, p. p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.

A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted.

D. H. Barnes.

Ex*sert"ile (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.

Ex*sic"cant (?), a. [L. exsiccans, p. pr. of exsiccare. See Exsiccate.] Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. -- n. (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.

Ex"sic*cate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exsiccating.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T. Browne.

Ex`sic*ca"tion (?), n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne.

Ex*sic"ca*tive (?), a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.

Ex"sic*ca`tor (?), n. (Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.

Ex*sil"i*en*cy (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping out, p. pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.] A leaping out. [R.] Latham.

Ex`so*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. [R.] Richardson (Dict. ).