Part 4045

<h1>Exocarp</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"o*carp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Exo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Drupe</er>.</def>

<h1>Exoccipital</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`oc*cip"i*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>occipital</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.</def></def2>

<mhw><h1>Exocetus or, Exoc\'d2tus</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`o*ce"tus</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <hw>Ex`oc\'d2"tus</hw></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>exocetus</ets>, L. <ets>exocoetus</ets> a fish that sleeps on the shore, Gr. <?/ ,lit., sleeping out; <?/ outside of + <?/ bed.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See <er>Flying fish</er>.</def>

<h1>Exoculate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*oc"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exoculatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exoculare</ets> to exoculate; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>oculus</ets> an eye.]</ety> <def>To deprive of eyes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>W. C. Hazlitt.</i>

<h1>Exode</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"ode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exodium</ets>, Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/ song) fr. <?/ belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>exode</ets>. See <er>Exodus</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gr. Drama)</fld> <def>The final chorus; the catastrophe.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antig.)</fld> <def>An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.</def>

<h1>Exodic</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*od"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ belonging to departure. See <er>Exodus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to <i>esodic</i>.</def>

<h1>Exogium</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*o"gi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Exode</er>.</def>

<h1>Exodus</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"o*dus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., the book of Exodus, Gr. <?/ a going or marching out; <?/ out + <?/ way, cf. <er>Skr</er>. <ets>\'be-sad</ets> to approach.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.</def>

<h1>Exody</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"o*dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exodus; withdrawal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The time of the Jewish <b>exody</b>. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ex-official</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`-of*fi"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Proceeding from office or authority.</def>

<h1>Ex officio</h1> <Xpage=523>