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<h1>Exsanguineous</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`san*guin"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of blood; an\'91mic; exsanguious.</def>

<h1>Exsanguinity</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`san*guin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to <i>plethora</i>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Exsanguinous</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*san"gui*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Exsanguious</er>.</def>

<h1>Exsanguious</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*san"gui*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsanguis</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>sanguis</ets>, <ets>sanguinis</ets>, blood. Cf. <er>Exsanguineous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of blood.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.</def>

<h1>Exscind</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*scind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exscinded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exscinding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exscindere</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out, from + <ets>scindere</ets> to cut.]</ety> <def>To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<blockquote>The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also <b>exscinded</b> by that Assembly. <i>Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exscribe</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*scribe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excribere</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out, from + <ets>scribere</ets> to write.]</ety> <def>To copy; to transcribe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Exscript</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"script</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exscriptus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exscribere</ets>.]</ety> <def>A copy; a transcript.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Exscriptural</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*scrip"tur*al</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-+scriptural</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.</def>

<h1>Exscutellate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*scu"tel*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>scutellate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Exsect</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*sect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsectio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cutting out or away.</def>

<i>E. Darwin.</i>

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