Part 4035

<hw>Ex*es`tu*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exaestuatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A boiling up; effervescence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Exeunt</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*unt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of <ets>exire</ets> to go out.]</ety> <def>They go out, or retire from the scene; <as>as, <ex>exeunt</ex> all except Hamlet</as>. See 1st <er>Exit</er>.</def>

<h1>Exfetation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`fe*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>fetation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.</def>

<i>Hoblyn.</i>

<h1>Exfoliate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*fo"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exfoliated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exfoliating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exfoliare</ets> to strip of leaves; <ets>ex</ets> out, from + <ets>folium</ets> leaf.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To separate and come off in scales or lamin\'91, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.</def>

<h1>Exfoliate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*fo"li*ate</hw> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To remove scales, lamin\'91, or splinters from the surface of.</def>

<h1>Exfoliation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*fo`li*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exfoliation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.</def>

<h1>Exfoliative</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*fo"li*a"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf.F. <ets>exfoliatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the power of causing exfoliation.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An exfoliative agent.</def></def2>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Exhalable</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*hal"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Exhalant</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*hal"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exhalant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.</def>

<h1>Exhalation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`ha*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exhalatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exhalaison</ets>, <ets>exhalation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; <as>as, <ex>exhalations</ex> from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Ye mists and <b>exhalations</b>, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A bright phenomenon; a meteor.</def>

<blockquote>I shall fall Like a bright <b>exhalation</b> in the evening. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>