Chapter CLXIII: Epilogue: Ep"i*logue, n. Etym: F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. Legend (10)

Defn: Belonging to another race or kind.

EXTRAJUDICIAL Ex`tra*ju*di"cial, a.

Defn: Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required. "An extrajudicial opinion." Hallam. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly, adv.

EXTRAJUDICIAL CONVEYANCE Extrajudicial conveyance. (Law)

Defn: A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

EXTRALIMITARY Ex`tra*lim"it*a*ry, a.

Defn: Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford.

EXTRALOGICAL Ex`tra*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Lying outside of the domain of logic. -- Ex`tra*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

EXTRAMISSION Ex`tra*mis"sion, n.

Defn: A sending out; emission. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

EXTRAMUNDANE Ex`tra*mun"dane, a. Etym: [L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world.]

Defn: Beyond the material world. "An extramundane being." Bp. Warburton.

EXTRAMURAL Ex`tra*mu"ral, a.

Defn: Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.

EXTRANEITY Ex`tra*ne"i*ty, n.

Defn: State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [Obs.]

EXTRANEOUS Ex*tra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra, Strange.]

Defn: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor. -- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.

EXTRA-OCULAR Ex`tra-oc"u*lar, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects.

EXTRA-OFFICIAL Ex`tra-of*fi"cial, a.

Defn: Not prescribed by official duty.

EXTRAORDINARILY Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: In an extraordinary manner or degree.

EXTRAORDINARINESS Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue.

EXTRAORDINARY Ex*traor"di*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. extraordinaire. See Ordinary.]

1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton.

2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.

3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.

EXTRAORDINARY Ex*traor"di*na*ry, n.; pl. Extraordinaries (.

Defn: That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success. Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions. Jer. Taylor.

EXTRAPAROCHIAL Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al, a.

Defn: Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv.

EXTRAPHYSICAL Ex`tra*phys"i*cal, a.

Defn: Not subject to physical laws or methods.

EXTRAPROFESSIONAL Ex`tra*pro*fes"sion*al, a.

Defn: Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.

EXTRAPROVINCIAL Ex`tra*pro*vin"cial, a.

Defn: Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.

EXTRAREGULAR Ex`tra*reg"u*lar, a.

Defn: Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor.

EXTRASTAPEDIAL Ex`tra*sta*pe"di*al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n.

Defn: The extrastapedial part of columella.

EXTRATERRITORIAL Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al, a.

Defn: Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.

EXTRATERRITORIALITY Ex`tra*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law),

Defn: a fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. Wheaton.

EXTRATROPICAL Ex`tra*trop"ic*al, a.

Defn: Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.

EXTRAUGHT Ex`traught", p. p. of Extract. Etym: [Cf. Distraught.]

Defn: Extracted; descended. [Obs.] Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak.

EXTRA-UTERINE Ex`tra-u"ter*ine, a. (Anat. & Med.)

Defn: Outside of the uterus, or womb. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.

EXTRAVAGANCE Ex*trav"a*gance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. extravagance. See Extravagant, and cf. Extravaganza.]

1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands. Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. Dryden. The income of three dukes was enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.

Syn. -- Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.

EXTRAVAGANCY Ex*trav"a*gan*cy, n.; pl. Extravagancies (.

Defn: Extravagance.

EXTRAVAGANT Ex*trav"a*gant, a. Etym: [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]

1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.] The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.

2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse. There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses. Addison.

3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.

EXTRAVAGANT Ex*trav"a*gant, n.

1. One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.

2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

EXTRAVAGANTLY Ex*trav"a*gant*ly, adv.

Defn: In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.

EXTRAVAGANTNESS Ex*trav"a*gant*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.

EXTRAVAGANZA Ex*trav`a*gan"za, n. Etym: [Extravagance with an Italian ending: cf. It. stravaganza.]

1. A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.

2. An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.

EXTRAVAGATE Ex*trav"a*gate, v. i. Etym: [Pref. extra + L. vagatus, p. p. of vagari to rove. See Extravagant.]

Defn: To rove. Bp. Warburton.

EXTRAVAGATION Ex*trav`a*ga"tion, n.

Defn: A wandering beyond limits; excess. [Obs.] Smollett.

EXTRAVASATE Ex*trav"a*sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extravasated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Extravasating().] Etym: [Pref. extra + L. vas vessel: cf. F. extravaser. See Vase.]

Defn: To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

EXTRAVASATION Ex*trav`a*sa"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. extravasation.]

Defn: The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

EXTRAVASCULAR Ex`tra*vas"cu*lar, a. (Anat.) (a) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. (b) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

EXTRAVENATE Ex*trav"e*nate, a. Etym: [Pref. extra + L. vena vein.]

Defn: Let out of the veins. [Obs.] "Extravenate blood." Glanvill.

EXTRAVERSION Ex`tra*ver"sion, n. Etym: [Pref. extra + L. vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.]

Defn: The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Obs.] Boyle.

EXTREAT Ex*treat", n. Etym: [See Estreat, Extract.]

Defn: Extraction. [Obs.] Spenser.

EXTREME Ex*treme", a. Etym: [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus, on the outside, outward: cf. F. extrême. See Exterior.]

1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." Dryden. "Extreme rapidity." Sir W. Scott. Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. Shak.

4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions. The Puritans or extreme Protestants. Gladstone.

5. (Mus.)

Defn: Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth. Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less. -- Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6. -- Extreme unction. See under Unction.

Note: Although this adjective, being superlative in signification, is not properly subject to comparison, the superlative form not unfrequently occurs, especially in the older writers. "Tried in his extremest state." Spenser. "Extremest hardships." Sharp. "Extremest of evils." Bacon. "Extremest verge of the swift brook." Shak. "The sea's extremest borders." Addison.

EXTREME Ex*treme", n.

1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet. His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness. Bancroft.

3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes." Shak.

4. (Logic)

Defn: Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

5. (Math.)

Defn: The first or the last term of a proportion or series. In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme." J. P. Peters.

EXTREMELESS Ex*treme"less, a.

Defn: Having no extremes; infinite.

EXTREMELY Ex*treme"ly, adv.

Defn: In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

EXTREMIST Ex*trem"ist, n.

Defn: A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

EXTREMITY Ex*trem"i*ty, n.; pl. Extremities(. Etym: [L. extremitas: cf. F. extrémité.]

1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. Arbuthnot.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.

3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray.

4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. Milton. Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. Milton.

Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.

EXTRICABLE Ex"tri*ca*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones.

EXTRICATE Ex"tri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Extricating().] Etym: [L. extricatus, p. p. of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. Intricate.]

1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustance.

2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.

Syn. -- To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.

EXTRICATION Ex`tri*ca"tion, n.

1. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

2. The act of sending out or evolving.

EXTRINSIC Ex*trin"sic, a. Etym: [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.]

1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. I. Taylor.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.

EXTRINSICAL Ex*trin"sic*al, a.

Defn: Extrinsic. -- Ex*trin"sic*al*ly(#), adv.

EXTRINSICALITY; EXTRINSICALNESS Ex*trin`si*cal"i*ty, Ex*trin"sic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being extrinsic.

EXTROITIVE Ex*tro"i*tive, a. Etym: [L. extra on the outside + ire, itum, to go.]

Defn: Seeking or going out after external objects. [R.] Their natures being almost wholly extroitive. Coleridge.

EXTRORSAL Ex*tror"sal, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Extrorse.

EXTRORSE Ex*trorse", a. Etym: [As if from an assumed L. extrorsus, for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extrorse.] (Bot.)

Defn: Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

EXTROVERSION Ex`tro*ver"sion, n. Etym: [See Extrorse.]

Defn: The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison.

EXTRUCT Ex*truct", v. t. Etym: [L. extructus, exstructus, p. p. of extruere, exstruere, to build up; ex out + struere to build.]

Defn: To construct. [Obs.] Byrom.

EXTRUCTION Ex*truc"tion, n. Etym: [L. exstructio.]

Defn: A building up; construction. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXTRUCTIVE Ex*truct"ive, a.

Defn: Constructive. [Obs.] Fulke.

EXTRUCTOR Ex*truct"or, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A builder. [Obs.] Bailey.

EXTRUDE Ex*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding.] Etym: [L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.]

Defn: To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. "Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin." Coleridge.

EXTRUSION Ex*tru"sion, n.

Defn: The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

EXTRUSIVE Ex*tru"sive, a. [See Extrude.] (Geol.)

Defn: Forced out at the surface; as, extrusive rocks; -- contrasted with intrusive.

EXTUBERANCE Ex*tu"ber*ance, n.

Defn: A swelling or rising; protuberance. [R.] Moxon.

EXTUBERANCY Ex*tu"ber*an*cy, n.

Defn: Extuberance. [R.]

EXTUBERANT Ex*tu"ber*ant, a. Etym: [L. extuberare.]

Defn: Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] "Extuberant lips." Gayton.

EXTUBERATE Ex*tu"ber*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. extuberatus, p. pr. of extuberare to swell; ex out + tuber a swelling.]

Defn: To swell out. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXTUBERATION Ex*tu`ber*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. extuberatio.]

Defn: Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.

EXTUMESCENCE Ex`tu*mes"cence, n. Etym: [L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr. of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. extumescence.]

Defn: A swelling or rising. [R.] Cotgrave.

EXUBERANCE Ex*u"ber*ance, n. Etym: [L. exuberantia: cf. F. exubérance.]

Defn: The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.

Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See Abundance.

EXUBERANCY Ex*u"ber*an*cy

Defn: , . Exuberance.

EXUBERANT Ex*u"ber*ant, a. Etym: [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exubérant. See Udder.]

Defn: Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly, adv.

EXUBERATE Ex*u"ber*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. exuberatus, p. p. of exuberare. See Exuberant, n.]

Defn: To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] Boyle.

EXUCCOUS Ex*uc"cous, a.

Defn: See Exsuccous. [Obs.]

EXUDATE Ex*u"date, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Exude.]

Defn: To exude. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

EXUDATION Ex`u*da"tion, n.

Defn: The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded. Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations. Am. Cyc.

EXUDE Ex*ude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] Etym: [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.]

Defn: To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight.

EXUDE Ex*ude", v. i.

Defn: To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

EXULCERATE Ex*ul"cer*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate.]

1. To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.] Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.

EXULCERATE Ex*ul"cer*ate, a. Etym: [L. exulceratus, p. p.]

Defn: Very sore; ulcerated. [Obs.] Bacon.

EXULCERATION Ex*ul`cer*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulcération.] [Obs. or R.]

1. Ulceration. Quincy.

2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

EXULCERATIVE Ex*ul"cer*a*tive, a.

Defn: Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

EXULCERATORY Ex*ul"cer*a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulcératoire.]

Defn: Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

EXULT Ex*ult", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] Etym: [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.]

Defn: To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft. The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. Pope.

EXULTANCE; EXULTANCY Ex*ult"ance, Ex*ult"an*cy, n. Etym: [L. exsultantia.]

Defn: Exultation. [Obs.] Burton. Hammond.

EXULTANT Ex*ult"ant, a. Etym: [L. exsultans, exsultantis, p. pr. of exsultare. See Exult.]

Defn: Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly. Break away, exultant, from every defilement. I. Tay;or.

EXULTATION Ex`ul*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exsultatio: cf. F. exultation.]

Defn: The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph. His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott.

EXULTING Ex*ult"ing, a.

Defn: Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.

EXUNDATE Ex*un"date, v. i. Etym: [L. exundatus, p. p. of exundare to overflow; ex out + undare. See Undated waved.]

Defn: To overflow; to inundate. [Obs.] Bailey.

EXUNDATION Ex`un*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. exundatio.]

Defn: An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [R.] Ray.

EXUNGULATE Ex*un"gu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exungulated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Exungulating().] Etym: [L. exungulare to lose the hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See Ungula.]

Defn: To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]

EXUPERABLE Ex*u"per*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. exuperabilis, exsuperabilis. See Exuperate.]

Defn: Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.

EXUPERANCE Ex*u"per*ance, n. Etym: [L. exuperantia, exsuperantia.]

Defn: Superiority; superfluity. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

EXUPERANT Ex*u"per*ant, a. Etym: [L. exuperans, exsuperans, p. pr.]

Defn: Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [Obs.]

EXUPERATE Ex*u"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. exuperatus, exsuperatus, p. p. of exuperare, exsuperare to excel; ex out + superare to go over, super above, over.]

Defn: To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]

EXUPERATION Ex*u`per*a"tion, n. Etym: [See Exurgent.]

Defn: The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.

EXURGENT Ex*ur"gent, a. Etym: [L. exurgens, exsurgens, p. pr. of exurgere, exsurgere, to rise up; ex out + surgere to rise.]

Defn: Arising; coming to light. [Obs.]

EXUSCITATE Ex*us"ci*tate, v. t.

Defn: See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams.

EXUSTION Ex*us"tion, n. Etym: [L. exustio, fr. exurere, exustum, to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.]

Defn: The act or operation of burning up. Bailey.

EXUTORY Ex*u"to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exutoire. See Exuv.] (Med.)

Defn: An issue.

EXUVIA Ex*u"vi*a,

Defn: n. sing. of Exuviæ.

EXUVIABILITY Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.

EXUVIABLE Ex*u"vi*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exuviable.]

Defn: Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.

EXUVIAE Ex*u"vi*æ, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.]

1. (Zoöl)

Defn: 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.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.

EXUVIAL Ex*u"vi*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to exuviæ. "Exuvial layers." "Exuvial deposits."

EXUVIATE Ex*u"vi*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] ( Etym: [From Exuviae.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt. There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year. Huxley.

EXUVIATION Ex*u`vi*a"tion, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

EX-VOTO Ex`-vo"to, n.;pl. Ex-votos (-töz). Etym: [L. ex out of, in accordance with + voto, abl. of votum a vow.]

Defn: An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

EY Ey, n.Etym: [AS.ig. Cf.Eyot.]

Defn: An island. [Obs.]

EY Ey, n.; pl. Eyren (.

Defn: See Egg. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EY Ey,

Defn: an interj. of wonder or inquiry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EYALET E`ya*let", n. Etym: [Turk.,fr. Ar.iyalah.]

Defn: Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

EYAS Ey`as, n. Etym: [F.niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest, and cf. Nias, Jashawk.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A nesting or unfledged Lird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to pr Shak J. H. Walsh

EYAS Ey"as, a.

Defn: Unfledged, or newly fledged. [Obs.] Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions assay. Spebser.

EYASMUSKET Ey"as*mus`ket, n. Etym: [Eyas + muske the brid.]

Defn: An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

EYE Eye, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See Nye.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

EYE Eye, n. Etym: [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. eáge; akin to OFries. age, OS. ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. öga, Dan. öie, Goth. aug; cf. OSlav. oko, Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. , eye, , the two eyes, Skr. akshi. Diasy, Ocular, Optic, Eyelet, Ogle.]

1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus. Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve.

Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor. The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil, admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.

2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.

3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion. In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on. Shak.

4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence. We shell express our duty in his eye. Shak. Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. Shak.

5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. "Keep eyes upon her." Shak. Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage. Addison.

6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zoöl.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone.

7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. "The very eye of that proverb." Shak. Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. Milton.

8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.] Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. Boyle. By the eye, in abundance. [Obs.] Marlowe. -- Elliott eye (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. -- Eye agate, a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zoöl), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. -- Eye doctor, an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute. -- Eye of day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven, the sun. "So gently shuts the eye day." Mrs. Barbauld. -- Eye of a ship, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. "Those who have but half an eye. " B. Jonson. -- To catch one's eye, to attract one's notice. -- To find favor in the eyes (of), to be graciously received and treated. -- To have an eye to, to pay particular attention to; to watch. "Have an eye to Cinna." Shak. -- To keep an eye on, to watch. -- To set the eyes on, to see; to have a sight of. -- In the eye of the wind (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

EYE Eye (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eyed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Eying or Eyeing.]

Defn: To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view. Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. Milton.

EYE Eye, v. i.

Defn: To appear; to look. [Obs.] My becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you. Shak.

EYEBALL Eye"ball`, n.

Defn: The ball or globe of the eye.

EYEBAR Eye"bar`, n. (Engin.)

Defn: A bar with an eye at one or both ends.

EYEBEAM Eye"beam`, n.

Defn: A glance of the eye. Shak.

EYEBOLT Eye"bolt`, n. (Mach.)

Defn: A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head.

EYEBRIGHT Eye"bright`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

EYEBROW Eye"brow`, n.

Defn: The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak.

EYECUP Eye"cup`, n.

Defn: A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.

EYED Eyed, a.

Defn: Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.

EYEDROP Eye"drop", n.

Defn: A tear. [Poetic] Shak.

EYEFLAP Eye"flap", n.

Defn: A blinder on a horse's bridle.

EYEFUL Eye"ful, a.

Defn: Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. [Obs.] "Eyeful trophies." Chapman.

EYEGLANCE Eye"glance`, n.

Defn: A glance of eye.

EYEGLASS Eye"glass`, n.

1. A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.

2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.

3. The retina. [Poetic]

4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.

EYEHOLE Eye"hole`, n.

Defn: A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

EYELASH Eye"lash`, n.

1. The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.

2. A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.

EYELESS Eye"less`, a.

Defn: Without eyes; blind. "Eyeless rage." Shak.

EYELET Eye"let`, n. Etym: [F., dim. of oculus. See Eye, and cf. Oillet.]

1. A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

2. A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole. Eyelet hole, a hole made for an eyelet. -- Eyelet punch, a machine for punching eyelet holes and fastening eyelets, as in paper or cloth. -- Eyelet ring. See Eyelet, 2.

EYELETEER Eye`let*eer", n.

Defn: A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

EYELID Eye`lid", n. (Anat.)

Defn: The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

EYE-MINDED Eye"-mind`ed, a.

Defn: Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. -- Eye"-mind`ed*ness, n.

EYEN Ey"en, n. pl.

Defn: Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

EYE OPENER Eye opener.

Defn: That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.

EYEPIECE Eye"piece`, n. (Opt.)

Defn: The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed. Collimating eyepiece. See under Collimate. -- Negative, or Huyghenian, eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called Campani's eyepiece. -- Positive eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden's eyepiece. -- terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.

EYER Ey"er, n.

Defn: One who eyes another. Gayton.

EYEREACH Eye"reach`, n.

Defn: The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. "A seat in eyereach of him." B. Jonson.

EYESAINT; EYE-SAINT Eye"*saint`, n.

Defn: An object of interest to the eye; one wirehaired with the eyes. [Obs.] That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants. Beau. & Fl.

EYESALVE Eye"salve`, n.

Defn: Ointment for the eye.

EYESERVANT Eye"serv`ant, n.

Defn: A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

EYESERVICE Eye"serv`ice, n.

Defn: Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. Col. iii. 22.

EYESHOT Eye"shot`, n.

Defn: Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden.

EYESIGHT Eye"sight`, n.

Defn: Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation. Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Bp. Wilkins.

EYESORE Eye"sore`, n.

Defn: Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish. Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.

EYESPLICE; EYE-SPLICE Eye"*splice`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

EYESPOT; EYE-SPOT Eye"*spot`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color.

EYESPOTTED; EYE-SPOTTED Eye"*spot`ted, a.

Defn: Marked with spots like eyes. Junno's bird, in her eye-spotted train. Spenser.

EYESTALK Eye"stalk`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

EYESTONE Eye"stone`, n.

1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Eye agate. See under Eye.

EYESTRING Eye"string`, n.

Defn: The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.

EYET Ey"et, n.

Defn: An island. See Eyot.

EYETOOTH Eye"tooth, n.; pl. Eyeteeth ( (Anat.)

Defn: A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth. To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [Colloq.]

EYEWASH Eye"wash, n.

Defn: See Eyewater.

EYEWATER Eye"wa`ter, n. (Med.)

Defn: A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

EYEWINK Eye"wink`, n.

Defn: A wink; a token. Shak.

EYEWINKER Eye"wink`er, n.

Defn: An eyelash. [A child's word.]

EYEWITNESS Eye"wit`ness, n.

Defn: One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view anything. We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16.

EYGHEN Ey"ghen, n. pl.

Defn: Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EYGHT Eyght, n.

Defn: An island. See Eyot.

EYLE Eyle v. t.& i.

Defn: To ail. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EYLIAD Ey"liad, n.

Defn: See Eiliad.

EYNE; EYEN Eyne, or Ey"en, n.

Defn: Plural of eye; obsolete, or used only in poetry. Shak. With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine. Mrs. Browning.

EYOT Ey"ot, n. Etym: [Ey (AS. ig or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. igeoedt. See Island, and cf. Ait.]

Defn: A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, eey, eyet, and eyght.] Blackstone.

EYR Eyr, n. Etym: [See Air.]

Defn: Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.

EYRA Ey"ra, n. Etym: [Native South American name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.

EYRE Eyre, n. Etym: [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.

EYREN Ey"ren, n. pl.

Defn: See Ey, an egg.

EYRIE; EYRY Ey"rie, Ey"ry, n.; pl. Ey"ries. Etym: [See Aerie]

Defn: The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.

EYSELL Ey"sell, n.

Defn: Same as Eisel. [Obs.] Shak.

F F (êf)

Defn: .

1. F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically fis most closely related to p,k,v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. f, L. lupus, Gr. fox, vixen ; fragile, break ; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, sq. root 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F #) is a tone intermediate between F and G. F clef, the bass clef. See under Clef.

FA Fa, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) (a) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization. (b) The tone F.

FABACEOUS Fa*ba"ceous, a. Etym: [L. fabaceus, fr. faba bean.]

Defn: Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

FABELLA Fa*bel"la, n.; pl. Fabellae (-l. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. faba a bean.] (Anat.)

Defn: One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

FABIAN Fa"bi*an, a. Etym: [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to Fabius.]

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.

FABLE Fa"ble, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame.]

1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. Addison .

2. The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden.

3. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "Old wives' fables. " 1 Tim. iv. 7. We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt. Tennyson.

4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood. It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. Addison.

FABLE Fa"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling.]

Defn: To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." Shak. Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior. He fables, yet speaks truth. M. Arnold.

FABLE Fa"ble, v. t.

Defn: To fiegn; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. The hell thou fablest. Milton.

FABLER Fa"bler, n.

Defn: A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.

FABLIAU Fa`bli`au", n.; pl. Fabliaux . Etym: [F., fr. OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.)

Defn: One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.

FABRIC Fab"ric, n. Etym: [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.]

1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

2. That which is fabricated; as : (a) Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.

(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.] Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor. Milman.

4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.

FABRIC Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricked; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricking.]

Defn: To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.

FABRICANT Fab"ri*cant, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.

FABRICATE Fab"ri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricating.] Etym: [L. fabricatus, p.p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.]

1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.

3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. Paley.

FABRICATION Fab`ri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]

1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.

2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.

Syn. -- See Fiction.

FABRICATOR Fab"ri*ca`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes. The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason.

FABRICATRESS Fab"ri*ca`tress, n.

Defn: A woman who fabricates.

FABRILE Fab"rile, a. Etym: [L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge.]

Defn: Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.

FABULIST Fab"u*list, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See Fable.]

Defn: One who invents or writes fables.

FABULIZE Fab"u*lize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabulized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabulizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fabuliser. See Fable.]

Defn: To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. G. S. Faber.

FABULOSITY Fab`u*los"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fabulositas: cf. F. fabulosité.]

1. Fabulousness. [R.] Abp. Abbot.

2. A fabulous or fictitious story. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

FABULOUS Fab"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]

1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. The fabulous birth of Minerva. Chesterfield.

2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price. Macaulay. Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; as, the fabulous age of Greek and Rome. -- Fab"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n.

FABURDEN Fab"ur*den, n. Etym: [F. foux bpirdon. See False, and Burden a verse.]

1. (Mus.) (a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass. (b) A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.]

2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland.

FAC Fac, n. Etym: [Abbrev. of facsimile.]

Defn: A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

FACADE Fa`çade", n. Etym: [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. fassia face, L. facies. See Face.] (Arch.)

Defn: The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

FACE Face, n. Etym: [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious.]

1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator. A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. Gen. ii. 6. Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. Byron.

2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.

3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.

4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type.

5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired. To set a face upon their own malignant design. Milton. This would produce a new face of things in Europe. Addison. We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. Wordsworth.

6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Gen. iii. 19.

7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance. We set the best faceon it we could. Dryden.

8. (Astrol.)

Defn: Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. Chaucer.

9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery. This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. Tillotson.

10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presenceof.

11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. Num. vi. 25. My face [favor] will I turn also from them. Ezek. vii. 22.

12. (Mining)

Defn: The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.

13. (Com.)

Defn: The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount. McElrath.

Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer. Face ague (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also tic douloureux. -- Face card, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack. -- Face cloth, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse. -- Face guard, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc. -- Face hammer, a hammer having a flat face. -- Face joint (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure. -- Face mite (Zoöll.), a small, elongated mite (Demdex folliculorum), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face. -- Face mold, the templet or pattern by which carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, ect. -- Face plate. (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. Knight. -- Face wheel. (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap. Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. -- Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface. -- Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. -- Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. -- Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. -- Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. Wilhelm. -- Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. -- Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. -- Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face." 1 Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis à vis; -- opposed to back to back. -- To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand. -- To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. Shak.

FACE Face, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faced; p. pr. & vb. n. Facing.]

1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battale. I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king. Dryden.

2. To Confront impudently; to bully. I will neither be facednor braved. Shak.

3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park. He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland. Milton.

4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.

5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.

6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.

7. (Mach.)

Defn: To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.

8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. To face down, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. "He faced men down." Prior. -- To face (a thing) out, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. "That thinks with oaths to face the matter out." Shak

FACE Face, v. i.

1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. "To lie, to face, to forge." Spenser.

2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left. Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid! Dryden.

3. To present a face or front.

FACED Faced, a.

Defn: Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.

FACER Fa"cer, n.

1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.] There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers. Latimer.

2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.] I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer. C. Kingsley.

FACET Fac"et, n. Etym: [F. facette, dim. of face face. See Face.]

1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

FACET Fac"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faceted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faceting.]

Defn: To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

FACETE Fa*cete", a. Etym: [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See Face, and cf. Facetious.]

Defn: Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

FACETED Fac"et*ed, a.

Defn: Having facets.

FACETIAE Fa*ce"ti*æ (, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. facetus. See Facete.]

Defn: Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

FACETIOUS Fa*ce"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. facétieux. See Facetiæ.]

1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. -- Fa*ce"tious*ly, adv. -- Fa*ce"tious*ness, n.

FACETTE Fa*cette", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Facet, n.

FACEWORK Face"work`, n.

Defn: The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.

FACIA Fa"ci*a, n. (Arch.)

Defn: See Fascia.

FACIAL Fa"cial, a. Etym: [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F. facial.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. -- Fa"cial*ly, adv. Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

FACIEND Fa"ci*end, n. Etym: [From neut. of L. faciendus, gerundive of facere to do.] (Mach.)

Defn: The multiplicand. See Facient,

2.

FACIENT Fa"cient, n. Etym: [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See Fact.]

1. One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] Br. Hacket.

2. (Mach.) (a) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. (b) The multiplier.

Note: The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See Multiplication.

FACIES Fa"ci*es, n. Etym: [L., from, face. See Face.]

1. The anterior part of the head; the face.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.

3. (Zoöl.)