Extuberance, or Extuberancy

[Lat. ex, and tuber, a rising, or swelling.] A protuberance of any part of a body. "To justify this worthy nobleman, Her shall you hear disproved to your eyes." - Shaks. "His eyes shall not be evil towards his brother." - Deut. -Notice; observation; vigilance; watch. "But stay, and ever keep me in your eye." - Dryden. -Opinion formed by observation. "Though he in all the people's eyes seemed great, Yet greater he appear'd in his retreat." -Denham. -Anything formed like an eye; as, "the eye of the pea- cock's feather." - Newton . -A small catch into which a hook goes. - Bud of a plant. A small shade of color. Extuberant, a. Swollen, jutting, or standing out. Exuberance, or Exuberancy, n. [Fr., from L. Lat. exuberant i a, from ez, and uber , an adder.] Abun- dance; exce ; overflowing quantity; luxuriance; rich--Power of perception. ne ; superfluity; plenty. "In his similes, exuberance is avoided." - Garth.