<h1>Extractive</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*tract"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>extractif</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being extracted.</def> "Thirty grains of <i>extractive</i> matter."
<i>Kirwan.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tending or serving to extract or draw out.</def>
<blockquote>Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated <b>extractive</b>: <it>e.g.</it>, agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. <i>Cairnes.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Extractive</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*tract"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything extracted; an extract.</def>
<blockquote><b>Extractives</b>, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar. <i>H. N. Martin.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin <i>extractives</i> from muscle tissue.</def>
<h1>Extractor</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*tract"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, extracts</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A forceps or instrument for extracting substances</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Breech-loading Firearms)</fld> <def>A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.</def>
<h1>Extradictionary</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex`tra*dic"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra<?/</ets> + L. <ets>dictio</ets> a saying. See <er>Diction</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting not in words, but in realities.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Of these <b>extradictionary</b> and real fallacies, Aristotle and logicians make in number six. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Extraditable</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex"tra*di`ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Making liable to extradition; <as>as, <ex>extraditable</ex> offenses</as>.</def>
<h1>Extradite</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex"tra*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extradited</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extraditing</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See <er>Extradition</er>.</def>
<h1>Extradition</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex`tra*di"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>traditio</ets> a delivering up: cf. F. <ets>extradition</ets>. See <er>Tradition</er>.]</ety> <def>The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.</def>
<h1>Extrados</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*tra"dos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.; pref. <ets>extra<?/</ets> outside + <ets>dos</ets> (L. <ets>dorsum</ets>) the back.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See <er>Intrados</er>.</def>
<h1>Extradotal</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex`tra*do"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra<?/ + dotal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Forming no part of the dowry; <as>as, <ex>extradotal</ex> property</as>.</def>
<h1>Extrafoliaceous</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex`tra*fo`li*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra + foliaceous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; <as>as, <ex>extrafoliaceous</ex> prickles</as>.</def>
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