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<h1>Exutory</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exutoire</ets>. See <er>Exuv<?/e</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An issue.</def>

<h1>Exuvia</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"vi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>n. sing.</tt> of <er>Exuvi\'91</er>.</def>

<h1>Exuviability</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Capability of shedding the skin periodically.</def>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Exuviable</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"vi*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exuviable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being cast off in the form of exuvi\'91.</def>

<h1>Exuvi\'91</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"vi*\'91</hw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>exuere</ets> to draw out or off, to pull off.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.</def>

<h1>Exuvial</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"vi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to exuvi\'91.</def> "<i>Exuvial</i> layers." "<i>Exuvial</i> deposits."

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<h1>Exuviate</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ex*u"vi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exuviated</er>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exuviating</er>.]</wordforms> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[From <er>Exuviae</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.</def>

<blockquote>There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not <b>exuviate</b> every year. <i>Huxley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exuviation</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ex*u`vi*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.</def>

<h1>Ex-voto</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ex`-vo"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>;<plu>pl. <plw>Ex-votos</plw> <tt>(-t\'94z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>ex</ets> out of, in accordance with + <ets>voto</ets>, abl. of <ets>votum</ets> a vow.]</ety> <def>An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.</def>

<h1>Ey</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[AS.<ets>\'c6g</ets>. Cf.<er>Eyot</er>.]</ety> <def>An island.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ey</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ey</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Eyren</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>See <er>Egg</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ey</h1> <Xpage=534>