excorIation

[Sp. excoriacion; Ital. es coria zone, from Lat. excoriatus, pa. par. of excorio.] I. Literally: 1. The act of excoriating or stripping of the skin or covering; a flaying; a wearing off of the skin. "A little before the excoriation of Marsyas." Brewer: Lingua , iii. 5. 2. The state of being excoriated; lo of skin; an abrasion. the excoriations or frettings of the "It healeth eyelids."-P. Holland: Plinie, bk. xxiii., ch. iii. II. Figuratively: *1. The act of stripping of po e ions; robbery, plunder, spoliation. "It hath marvelously enhanced the revenues of the crown, though with a pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort." Corvel. 2. Verbal chastisement. 1. Animal : The collection and discharge at par- ticular parts of various matters which are no longer and sweat. It is partly opposed to secretion. of use in the animal economy. Examples, urine externally by a living plant. 2. Vegetable : Any superfluous matter thrown off the power of separating and excreting fluid matter ěx-cré-tive, a. [Eng. excret(e); -ive.] Having from the body; excretory. "A diminution of the body happens by the excretive -Harvey: On Consumptions. faculty, excerning and evacuating more than nece ary." ěx-crē'-tõr-ý, a. & s. [Eng. excret (e); -ory; Fr. excrétoire .] A. As adj .: Having the quality or power of excre- tion; excretive. Denham: Physico- Theology , bk. iv., ch. viii. (Note 11.) "The excretory ducts of the mucilaginous glands."- B. As substantive: Anat.: A duct or ve el serving to receive and ex- crete matter. Anat .: The organs by which excretion takes place. Specif., the skin, the lungs, and the kidneys. ěx'-cript, s . [Lat. exscriptus, pa. par. of ex- scribo to write out.] ( Wharton .) Law : A copy, a writing copied from another. *ex-crû'-çi-a-ble (or çi as shi), a . [Lat. ex- cruciabilis , from excrucio .] That may or can be tortured or tormented. crucio to torture, and Eng. suff. -ment.] Anguish, *ex-crû'-çi-a-ment (or çi as shi), s. [Lat. ex- torment, torture. ex-crû'-çi-āte (or çi as shi), v . t . [EXCRUCIATE, a.] To torture, to torment, to inflict the most severe pains on. tus , pa. par. of excrucio =to torture great: ex out, fully, and crucio=to torture; crux (gen it. crucis ) =a cro .] Excruciated, tortured, tormented, on the rack. ex-crû-çi-at-ing (or çi as shi), pr . par . & a. [EXCRUCIATE, v .] A. As pr.par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Causing the most intense pain; ex- tremely painful; torturing, tormenting. "Men were sentenced to pain so excruciating , that they begged to be sent to the gallows." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. iv. "The frettings, the thwartings, and the excruciations of life."- Feltham : Resolves, ii. 57. = to lie out of doors, to keep watch: ex out, and *ěx-cu-bā-tion, s. [Lat. excubatio , from excubo cubo to lie down.] The act of watching all night. ex-cu-bi-tör'-I-ŭm, s. (Lat., from excubo .] Arch .: A gallery or loft in a church where watch was kept at night on the eve of any great festival, and from which the great shrines were observed. 1. To clear or free by words from the imputation or charge of a fault, or crime; to justify. "The author prefixed a something in which he excul epistle."-Mason: Epistle to Dr. Shebbeare. (Note.) pated himself from being author of the heroic 2. To regard as innocent; to acquit; to exonerate. "I exculpate him further for his writing against me." -Milman . "A pious, zealous, most religious sonne, Who on the enemy excursion made." ritory of another. 2. A hostile expedition or incursion into the ter- -P. Holland : Livy, p. 77. "They would make excursions and waste the country." sion." -Boyle: Seraphic Love. "Expect not that I should beg pardon for this exour Dor sets hire is commonly called an orial."- Fuller : Church "That small excursion out of gentlemen's halls in History, vi. 285. or pleasure trip by rail or otherwise. excursion-ticket, s. A ticket for an excursion To make an excursion. *ex-cur-sion-ize, v . i. [Eng. excursion; -ize.] excurro; Eng. adj. suff. -ive .] Prone or given to ěx-cûr-sive, a . [Lat. excurs ( us ), pa. par. c rambling, wandering, or deviating; exploring. a wandering manner; at random. ěx-cûr-sive-ly, adv . [Eng. excursive; -ly.] In IMG:content-1239.png:[blocks in formation] ěx-cü se, s . [EXCUSE, v.] 1. The act of excusing, apologizing, defending, or justifying. "Heaven put it in thy mind to take it hence, That thou might'st win the more thy father's love, Pleading so wisely in excuse of it." *ex-cuş'e-ment, s . [Eng. excuse ; -ment .] Excuse, ěx-cüş-er, s . [Eng. excus(e) ; -er . ] 1. One who makes excuses or apology for another; an apologist. "In vain would his excusers endeavor to palliate his enormities, by imputing them to madne ."- Swift . 2. One who excuses or forgives another. *ex-cu ', *ex-cu e, v. t. [Lat. excu us , pa. par. of excutio =to shake out: ex out, and quatio =to shake.] IMG:content-1240.png:[blocks in formation] ěx'-ě-cra-ble, a . [Lat. execrabilis , from execror =to execrate (q. v.); Fr. exécrable ; Sp.execrable ; Ital. esecrabile . 1. Detestable, hateful, accursed, abominable. "Give sentence on this execrable wretch." committed on the Highlanders."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiii. *2. To bring curses upon; to render hateful, de- tested, or abominable. IMG:content-1241.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia executed are involved; we fulfill the duties of citizens: to perform is to carry through by simple action or labor; it is more particularly applicable to the ordinary and regular busine of life; we perform a work or a task. One executes according to the intentions of others: the soldier executes the orders of his general; the merchant executes the commi ions of his correspondent: one fulfills according to the wishes and expectations of others." ( Crabb : Eng . Synon .) ěx-ě-cut-ěd, pa. par. or a. [EXECUTE.] executed-consideration, s. Law : A consideration which is executed before the promise upon which it is founded is made. executed-contract, s. Law : A contract carried out at the time it is made. "A contract may also be either executed , as if A agrees to change horses with B, and they do it immediately; in which case the po e ion and the right are transferred together: or it may be executory, as if they agree to change next week; here the right only vests, and their reciprocal property in each other's horse is not in po e ion but in action; for a contract executed , which differs in nothing from a grant, conveys a chose in po e ion; a contract executory conveys only a chose in action."Black stone: Comment ., bk. ii., ch. 36. executed-estates, s. pl. Law: Estates in po e ion.