Part 4013

<hw><hw>Ex"ci*ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex*cip"u*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>excipulum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>excipere</ets>. See <er>Except</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.</def>

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<hw>Ex*cis"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable or subject to excise; <as>as, tobacco in an <ex>excisable</ex> commodity</as>.</def>

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<hw>Ex*cise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Apparently fr. L. <ets>excisum</ets> cut off, fr. <ets>excidere</ets> to cut out or off; <ets>ex</ets> out, off + <ets>caedere</ets> to cut; or, as the word was formerly written <ets>accise</ets>, fr. F. <ets>accise</ets>, LL. <ets>accisia</ets>, as if fr. L. <ets>accidere</ets>, <ets>accisum</ets>, to cut into; <ets>ad + caedere</ets> to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. <ets>assise</ets>, LL. <ets>assisa</ets>, <ets>assisia</ets>, assize. See <er>Assize</er>, <er>Concise</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; <as>as, <ex>excise</ex> duties; <ex>excise</ex> law; <ex>excise</ex> system.</as></def>

<blockquote>The English <b>excise</b> system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. <i>Abbot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An <b>excise</b> . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. <i>11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Ex*cise"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Excised</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Excising</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay or impose an excise upon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To impose upon; to overcharge.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Ex*cise"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Excide</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut out or off; to separate and remove; <as>as, to <ex>excise</ex> a tumor</as>.</def>

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<hw>Ex*cise"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Excisemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Excision</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*ci"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excisio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>excision</ets>. See <er>Excide</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.</def>

<blockquote>Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for <b>excision</b>. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

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<hw>Ex*cit"a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>excitabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; <as>as, nervous <ex>excitability</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>Ex*cit"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excitabilis</ets> inciting: cf. F. <ets>excitable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.</def>