Part 4099

<syn>Syn. -- Oppression; rapacity; exaction; overcharge.</syn>

<h1>Extortionary</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tor"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Extortionate.</def>

<h1>Extortionate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tor"tion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.</def>

<h1>Extortioner</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tor"tion*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt><def>, One who practices extortion.</def>

<h1>Extortious</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tor"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Extortionate. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Extortious</i> cruelties." <i>Bp. Hall</i></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*tor"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Extra-</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tra-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., fr. <ets>exter</ets>. See <er>Exterior</er>.]</ety> <def>A Latin preposition, denoting <i>beyond</i>, <i>outside of</i>; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying <i>outside of</i>, <i>beyond</i>, <i>besides</i>, or <i>in addition to</i> what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.</def>

<h1>Extra</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tra</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; <as>as, <ex>extra</ex> work; <ex>extra</ex> pay.</as></def> "By working <i>extra</i> hours."

<i>H. Spencer.</i>

<h1>Extra</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Extras</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; <as>as, at European hotels lights are <ex>extras</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Extraarticular</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*ar*tic"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Situated outside of a joint.</def>

<h1>Extraaxillar, Extraaxillary</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw><hw>Ex`tra*ax"il*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex`tra*ax"il*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing outside of the axils; <as>as, an <ex>extra-axillary</ex> bud</as>.</def>

<h1>Extrabranchial</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*bran"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.</def>

<h1>Extracapsular</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*cap"su*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.</def>

<h1>Extract</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tract"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extracted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extracting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extractus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extrahere</ets> to extract; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>trahere</ets> to draw. See <er>Trace</er>, and cf. <er>Estreat</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>extract</ex> a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The bee Sits on the bloom <b>extracting</b> liquid sweet. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>