EXTRAVASATION — EYRY NWAD EXTRAVASATION.1

EXTRAVASATION, n. The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; the state of being forced or let out of its containing vessels; effusion; as an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels. NWAD EXTRAVASATION.1

EXTRAVENATE, a. [L. extra and vena, vein.] NWAD EXTRAVENATE.1

Let out of the veins. NWAD EXTRAVENATE.2

EXTRAVERSION, n. [L. extra and versio, a turning.] The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Little used.] NWAD EXTRAVERSION.1

EXTREAT, n. Extraction. NWAD EXTREAT.1

EXTREME, a. [L. extremus, last.] Outermost; utmost; farthest; at the utmost point, edge or border; as the extreme verge or point of a thing. NWAD EXTREME.1

1. Greatest; most violent; utmost; as extreme pain, grief, or suffering; extreme joy or pleasure. NWAD EXTREME.2

2. Last; beyond which there is none; as an extreme remedy. NWAD EXTREME.3

3. Utmost; worst or best that can exist or be supposed; as an extreme case. NWAD EXTREME.4

4. Most pressing; as extreme necessity. NWAD EXTREME.5

Extreme unction, among the Romanists, is the anointing of a sick person with oil, when decrepit with age or affected with some mortal disease, and usually just before death. It is applied to the eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, hands, feet and reins of penitents, and is supposed to represent the grace of God poured into the soul. NWAD EXTREME.6

Extreme and mean proportion, in geometry, is when a line is so divided, that the whole line is to the greater segment, as the segment is to the less; or when a line is so divided, that the rectangle under the whole line and the lesser segment is equal to the square of the greater segment. NWAD EXTREME.7

EXTREME, n. The utmost point or verge of a thing; that part which terminates a body; extremity. NWAD EXTREME.8

1. Utmost point; furthest degree; as the extremes of heat and cold; the extremes of virtue and vice. Avoid extremes. Extremes naturally beget each other. NWAD EXTREME.9

There is a natural progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny. NWAD EXTREME.10

2. In logic, the extremes or extreme terms of a syllogism are the predicate and subject. Thus, “man is an animal: Peter is a man, therefore Peter is an animal;” the word animal is the greater extreme, and man the medium. NWAD EXTREME.11

3. In mathematics, the extremes are the first and last terms of a proportion; as, when three magnitudes are proportional, the rectangle contained by the extremes is equal contained by the extremes is equal to the square of the mean. NWAD EXTREME.12

EXTREMELY, adv. In the utmost degree; to the utmost point. It is extremely hot or cold; it is extremely painful. NWAD EXTREMELY.1

1. In familiar language, very much; greatly. NWAD EXTREMELY.2

EXTREMITY, n. [L. extremitas.] The utmost point or side; the verge; the point or border that terminates a thing; as the extremities of a country. NWAD EXTREMITY.1

1. The utmost parts. The extremities of the body, in painting and sculpture, are the head, hands and feet; but in anatomy, the term is applied to the limbs only. NWAD EXTREMITY.2

2. The utmost point; the highest or furthest degree; as the extremity of pain or suffering; the extremity of cruelty. Even charity and forbearance may be carried to extremity. NWAD EXTREMITY.3

3. Extreme or utmost distress, straits or difficulties; as a city besieged and reduced to extremity. NWAD EXTREMITY.4

4. The utmost rigor or violence. The Greeks have endured oppression in its utmost extremity. NWAD EXTREMITY.5

5. The most aggravated state. NWAD EXTREMITY.6

The world is running after farce, the extremity of bad poetry. NWAD EXTREMITY.7

EXTRICABLE, a. [infra.] That can be extricated. NWAD EXTRICABLE.1

EXTRICATE, v.t. [L. extrico. The primary verb trico is not in the Latin. We probably see its affinities in the Gr. hair, or a bush of hair, from interweaving, entangling. I suspect that three is contracted from this root; three for threg, folded, or a plexus. The same word occurs in intricate and intrigue; Eng. trick.] NWAD EXTRICATE.1

1. Properly, to disentangle; hence, to free from difficulties or perplexities; to disembarrass; as, to extricate one from complicated business, from troublesome alliances or other connections; to extricate one’s self from debt. NWAD EXTRICATE.2

2. To set out; to cause to be emitted or evolved. NWAD EXTRICATE.3

EXTRICATED, pp. Disentangled; freed from difficulties and perplexities; disembarrassed; evolved. NWAD EXTRICATED.1

EXTRICATING, ppr. Disentangling; disembarrassing; evolving. NWAD EXTRICATING.1

EXTRICATION, n. The act of disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement. NWAD EXTRICATION.1

1. The act of sending out or evolving; as the extrication of heat or moisture from a substance. NWAD EXTRICATION.2

EXTRINSIC, EXTRINSICAL, a. [L. extrinsecus.] External; outward; not contained in or belonging to a body. Mere matter cannot move without the impulse of an extrinsic agent. It is opposed to intrinsic. NWAD EXTRINSIC.1

EXTRINSICALLY, adv. From without; externally. NWAD EXTRINSICALLY.1

EXTRUCT, v.t. [L. extruo, extructus.] To build; to construct. [Not in use.] NWAD EXTRUCT.1

EXTRUCTION, n. A building. [Not used.] NWAD EXTRUCTION.1

EXTRUCTIVE, a. Forming into a structure. NWAD EXTRUCTIVE.1

EXTRUCTOR, n. A builder; a fabricator; a contriver. [Not used.] NWAD EXTRUCTOR.1

EXTRUDE, v.t. [L. extrudo; ex and trudo, to thrust.] NWAD EXTRUDE.1

1. To thrust out; to urge, force or press out; to expel; as, to extrude a fetus. NWAD EXTRUDE.2

2. To drive away; to drive off. NWAD EXTRUDE.3

EXTRUDED, pp. Thrust out; driven out or away; expelled. NWAD EXTRUDED.1

EXTRUDING, ppr. Thrusting out; driving out; expelling. NWAD EXTRUDING.1

EXTRUSION, n. s as z. The act of thrusting or throwing out; a driving out; expulsion. NWAD EXTRUSION.1

EXTUBERANCE, EXTUBERANCY, n. [L. extuberans, extubero; ev and tuber, a puff.] NWAD EXTUBERANCE.1

1. In medicine, a swelling or rising of the flesh; a protuberant part. NWAD EXTUBERANCE.2

2. A knob or swelling part of a body. NWAD EXTUBERANCE.3

EXTUBERANT, a. Swelled; standing out. NWAD EXTUBERANT.1

EXTUBERATE, v.i. [L. extubero.] To swell. [Not in use.] NWAD EXTUBERATE.1

EXTUMESCENCE, n. [L. extumescens, extumesco; ex and tumesco, tumeo, to swell.] A swelling or rising. [Little used.] NWAD EXTUMESCENCE.1

EXUBERANCE, EXUBERANCY, n. [L. exuberans, exubero; ex and ubero, to fatten; uber, a pap or breast, that is, a swelling or mass.] NWAD EXUBERANCE.1

1. An abundance; an overflowing quantity; richness; as an exuberance of fertility or fancy. NWAD EXUBERANCE.2

2. Superfluous abundance; luxuriance. NWAD EXUBERANCE.3

3. Overgrowth; superfluous shoots, as of trees. NWAD EXUBERANCE.4

EXUBERANT, a. Abundant; plenteous; rich; as exuberant fertility; exuberant goodness. NWAD EXUBERANT.1

1. Over-abundant; superfluous; luxuriant. NWAD EXUBERANT.2

2. Pouring forth abundance; producing in plenty; as exuberant spring. NWAD EXUBERANT.3

EXUBERANTLY, adv. Abundantly; very copiously; in great plenty; to a superfluous degree. The earth has produced exuberantly. NWAD EXUBERANTLY.1

EXUBERATE, v.i. [L. exubero.] To abound; to be in great abundance. [Little used.] NWAD EXUBERATE.1

EXUDATE, EXUDE, v.t. and i. [See Exsude, the preferable orthography.] NWAD EXUDATE.1

EXUDATION, n. [See Exsudation.] NWAD EXUDATION.1

EXUDED, pp. [See Exsuded.] NWAD EXUDED.1

EXUDING, ppr. [See Exsuding.] NWAD EXUDING.1

EXULCERATE, v.t. [L. exulcero; ex and ulcero, to ulcerate, ulcus, an ulcer.] NWAD EXULCERATE.1

1. To cause or produce an ulcer or ulcers. NWAD EXULCERATE.2

2. To afflict; to corrode; to fret or anger. NWAD EXULCERATE.3

EXULCERATE, v.i. To become an ulcer or ulcerous. NWAD EXULCERATE.4

EXULCERATED, pp. Affected with ulcers; having become ulcerous. NWAD EXULCERATED.1

EXULCERATING, ppr. Producing ulcers on; fretting; becoming ulcerous. NWAD EXULCERATING.1

EXULCERATION, n. The act of causing ulcers on a body, or the process of becoming ulcerous; the beginning erosion which wears away the substance and forms an ulcer. NWAD EXULCERATION.1

1. A fretting; exacerbation; corrosion. NWAD EXULCERATION.2

EXULCERATORY, a. Having a tendency to form ulcers. NWAD EXULCERATORY.1

EXULT, v.i. egzult’. [L. exulto; ex and salto, salio, to leap.] NWAD EXULT.1

Properly, to leap for joy; hence, to rejoice in triumph; to rejoice exceedingly, at success or victory; to be glad above measure; to triumph. It is natural to man to exult at the success of his schemes, and to exult over a fallen adversary. NWAD EXULT.2

EXULTANCE, EXULTANCY, n. Exultation. [Not used.] NWAD EXULTANCE.1

EXULTANT, a. Rejoicing triumphantly. NWAD EXULTANT.1

EXULTATION, n. The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; great gladness; rapturous delight; triumph. Exultation usually springs from the gratification of our desire of some good; particularly of distinction or superiority, or of that which confers distinction. It often springs from the gratification of pride or ambition. But exultation may be a lively joy springing from laudable causes. NWAD EXULTATION.1

EXULTING, ppr. Rejoicing greatly or in triumph. NWAD EXULTING.1

EXUNDATE, v.i. To overflow. [Not used.] NWAD EXUNDATE.1

EXUNDATION, n. [L. exundatio, from exundo, to overflow; ex and undo, to rise in waves, unda, a wave.] NWAD EXUNDATION.1

An overflowing abundance. [Little used.] NWAD EXUNDATION.2

EXUPERATE, v.t. To excel; to surmount. [Not used, nor its derivatives.] NWAD EXUPERATE.1

EXUSTION, n. [L. exustus.] The act or operation of burning up. NWAD EXUSTION.1

EXUVLAE, n. plu. [L.] Cast skins, shells or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of serpents and caterpillars, the shells of lobsters. etc. NWAD EXUVLAE.1

1. The spoils or remains of animals found in the earth, supposed to be deposited there at the deluge, or in some great convulsion or change which the earth has undergone, in past periods. NWAD EXUVLAE.2

EY, in old writers, Sax. ig, signifies an isle. NWAD EY.1

EYAS, n. A young hawk just taken from the nest, not able to prey for itself. NWAD EYAS.1

EYAS, a. Unfledged. [Not used.] NWAD EYAS.2

EYAS-MUSKET, n. A young unfledged male hawk of the musket kind or sparrow hawk. NWAD EYAS-MUSKET.1

EYE, n. pronounced as I. [L. oculus, a diminutive. The old English plural was eyen, or eyne.] NWAD EYE.1

1. The organ of sight or vision; properly, the globe or ball movable in the orbit. The eye is nearly of a spherical figure, and composed of coats or tunics. But in the term eye, we often or usually include the ball and the parts adjacent. NWAD EYE.2

2. Sight; view; ocular knowledge; as, I have a man now in my eye. In this sense, the plural is more generally used. NWAD EYE.3

Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you. Galatians 3:1. NWAD EYE.4

3. Look; countenance. NWAD EYE.5

I’ll say yon gray is not the morning’s eye. NWAD EYE.6

4. Front; face. NWAD EYE.7

Her shall you hear disproved to your eyes. NWAD EYE.8

5. Direct opposition; as, to sail in the wind’s eye. NWAD EYE.9

6. Aspect; regard; respect; view. NWAD EYE.10

Booksellers mention with respect the authors they have printed, and consequently have an eye to their own advantage. NWAD EYE.11

7. Notice; observation; vigilance; watch. NWAD EYE.12

After this jealousy, he kept a strict eye upon him. NWAD EYE.13

8. View of the mind; opinion formed by observation or contemplation. NWAD EYE.14

It hath, in their eye, no great affinity with the form of the church of Rome. NWAD EYE.15

9. Sight; view, either in a literal or figurative sense. NWAD EYE.16

10. Something resembling the eye in form; as the eye of a peacock’s feather. NWAD EYE.17

11. A small hole or aperture; a perforation; as the eye of a needle. NWAD EYE.18

12. A small catch for a hook; as we say, hooks and eyes. in nearly the same sense, the word is applied to certain fastenings in the cordage of ships. NWAD EYE.19

13. The bud of a plant; a shoot. NWAD EYE.20

14. A small shade of color. [Little used.] NWAD EYE.21

Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. NWAD EYE.22

15. The power of perception. NWAD EYE.23

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Ephesians 1:18. NWAD EYE.24

16. Oversight; inspection. NWAD EYE.25

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. NWAD EYE.26

The eyes of a ship, are the parts which lie near the hawse-holes, particularly in the lower apartments. NWAD EYE.27

To set the eyes on, is to see; to have a sight of. NWAD EYE.28

To find favor in the eyes, is to be graciously received and treated. NWAD EYE.29

EYE, n. A brood; as an eye of pheasants. NWAD EYE.30

EYE, v.t. To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention. NWAD EYE.31

Eye nature’s walks, shoot folly as it flies. NWAD EYE.32

EYE, v.i. To appear; to have an appearance. NWAD EYE.33

EYEBALL, n. The ball, globe or apple of the eye. NWAD EYEBALL.1

EYEBEAM, n. A glance of the eye. NWAD EYEBEAM.1

EYEBOLT, n. In ships, a bar or iron or bolt, with an eye, formed to be driven into the deck or sides, for the purpose of hooking tackles to. NWAD EYEBOLT.1

EYEBRIGHT, n. A genus of plants, the Euphrasia, of several species. NWAD EYEBRIGHT.1

EYE-BRIGHTENING, n. A clearing of the sight. NWAD EYE-BRIGHTENING.1

EYEBROW, n. The brow or hairy arch above the eye. NWAD EYEBROW.1

EYED, pp. Viewed; observed; watched. NWAD EYED.1

1. Having eyes; used in composition, as a dull-eyed man, ox-eyed Juno. NWAD EYED.2

EYEDROP, n. A tear. NWAD EYEDROP.1

EYEGLANCE, n. A glance of the eye; a rapid look. NWAD EYEGLANCE.1

EYEGLASS, n. A glass to assist the sight; spectacles. NWAD EYEGLASS.1

In telescopes, the glass next the eye; and where there are several, all except the object glass are called eye-glasses. NWAD EYEGLASS.2

EYE-GLUTTNIG, n. A feasting of the eyes. [Not in use.] NWAD EYE-GLUTTNIG.1

EYELASH, n. The line of hair that edges the eyelid. NWAD EYELASH.1

EYELESS, a. Wanting eyes; destitute of sight. NWAD EYELESS.1

EYELET, n. A small hole or perforation, to receive a lace or small rope or cord. We usually say, eyelet-hole. NWAD EYELET.1

EYELIAD, n. A glance of the eye. NWAD EYELIAD.1

EYELID, n. The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers the eyeball, or uncovers it, at pleasure. NWAD EYELID.1

EYE-OFFENDING, a. That hurts the eyes. NWAD EYE-OFFENDING.1

EYE-PLEASING, a. Pleasing the eye. NWAD EYE-PLEASING.1

EYER, n. One who eyes another. NWAD EYER.1

EYE-SALVE, n. Ointment for the eye. NWAD EYE-SALVE.1

EYE-SERVANT, n. A servant who attends to his duty only when watched, or under the eye of his master or employer. NWAD EYE-SERVANT.1

EYE-SERVICE, n. Service performed only under inspection or the eye of an employer. NWAD EYE-SERVICE.1

Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God. Colossians 3:22. NWAD EYE-SERVICE.2

EYESHOT, n. Sight; view; glance of the eye. NWAD EYESHOT.1

EYESIGHT, n. The sight of the eye; view; observation. Psalm 18:24. NWAD EYESIGHT.1

Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. NWAD EYESIGHT.2

1. The sense of seeing. His eyesight fails. NWAD EYESIGHT.3

EYESORE, n. Something offensive to the eye or sight. NWAD EYESORE.1

Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. NWAD EYESORE.2

EYESPLICE, n. In seaman’s language, a sort of eye or circle at the end of a rope. NWAD EYESPLICE.1

EYESPOTTED, a. Marked with spots like eyes. NWAD EYESPOTTED.1

EYESTONE, n. A small calcarious stone used for taking substance from between the lid and ball of the eye. NWAD EYESTONE.1

EYESTRING, n. The tendon by which the eye is moved. NWAD EYESTRING.1

EYETOOTH, n. A tooth under the eye; a pointed tooth in the upper jaw next to the grinders, called also a canine tooth; a fang. NWAD EYETOOTH.1

EYEWINK, n. A wink, or motion of the eyelid; a hint or token. NWAD EYEWINK.1

EYE-WITNESS, n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of any thing. NWAD EYE-WITNESS.1

We were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 2 Peter 1:16. NWAD EYE-WITNESS.2

EYOT, n. A little isle. NWAD EYOT.1

EYRE, n. ire. [L. iter.] Literally, a journey or circuit. In England, the justices in eyre were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit to hold courts in the different counties. NWAD EYRE.1

1. A court of itinerant justices. NWAD EYRE.2

EYRY, n. The place where birds of prey construct their nests and hatch. It is written also eyrie. [See Aerie.] NWAD EYRY.1

The eagle and the stork NWAD EYRY.2

On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build. NWAD EYRY.3