express bullet (ekspresbulet)

A short bullet of large caliber made of soft lead. It is much lighter than the ordinary rifle-bullet of the same caliber, and, being fired with a large charge of powder, has a high velocity and very flat trajectory for short ranges. These projectiles are sometimes rendered explosive to increase their destructive effect by placing a bursting charge and detonating primer in the front end. expre -car (eks-pres'kär), n. A long box-or house-car for carrying light or fast freight sent by expre . It is sometimes combined with a mail-car, or with a baggage or pa enger-car. expre er (eks-pres'èr), n. One who expre es. expre ible (eks-pres'i-bl), a. [ This is a diphthong composed of our first and third vowels, and expre ible , therefore, by them, as in the word Vaidya. Sir W. Jones, Orthog. of Asiatic Words. expre ingt (eks-pres'ing), n. An expre ion. And yet I cannot hope for better expre ings than I have given of them. Donne , Letters, xcv. expre ion expres (eks-presh'on), n. [F. expre ion Sp. expresion Pg. expre ão = It. espres sione , expre expre io (n-), expre ion- ), a pre ing pre ing out, a projection, LL. expre ion, vividne , exprimere , pp. expre us , pre out, expre : see expre , v. t.] 1. The act of expre ing or forcing out by pre ure, as juices and oils from plants. IMG:content-0942.png:[blocks in formation] is rudely tried out by exposure Kane, Sec. Grinn. Exp., I. 23. in vats or hot expre ion in iron boilers. 2. The act of expre ing, or embodying or representing in speech, writing, or action; utterance; declaration; representation; manifestation: as, an expre ion of the public will. The evening was spent in firing cannon, and other ex- pre ions of military triumphes. Evelyn, Diary, 1641. 4. Any regular provision made for the speedy transmi ion of me ages, parcels, commis- sions, and the like; a vehicle or other convey- ance sent on a special me age; specifically, an organization of means for safe and speedy transmi ion of merchandise, etc., or a railway pa enger-train which travels at a specially high duty, that worship finds expre ion , rate of speed, stopping only at principal sta- tions: as, the American and European Expre ; to travel by expre . Expre es for carrying valua- ble parcels, merchandise, money, etc., under guaranty of Nor unhappy, nor at rest, But beyond expre ion fair With thy floating flaxen hair. Tennyson, Adeline, i. It is only by good works, it is only on the basis of active Emerson, Remarks at Free Relig. A oc. The idea which, gazing on nature and human life by the intuitive force of imagination, the great artist has divined, he gives shape and expre ion to in sensible forms and images. J. Caird. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary expre ion 2087 expropriation or manifesting thoughts, feelings, sentiments, ideas, etc. With respect to joy, its natural and universal expre ion Darwin, Expre . of Emotions, p. 218. is laughter. 4. Used absolutely, expre ive utterance; significant manifestation; lucid exposition of thoughts or ideas: as, he lacks expre ion, or the faculty of expre ion. M. Arnold. 5. The outward indication of some interior state, property, or function; especially, appearance as indicative of character, feeling, or emotion; significant look or attitude: as, a mild or a fierce expre ion (of the eye or of the whole person); a peculiar expre ion. Expre ion is the grand diversifier of appearance among civilized people in the desert it knows few varieties. R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 319. Looking at a certain man we recognize that he is fatigued. How can we analyze the expre ion of fatigue? F. Warner, Physical Expre ion, p. 255. The general law of expre ion is simply that conscious state as feeling is stimulant and directive of action, whether the feeling be pleasurable or painful. Mind, XI. 73. IMG:content-0944.png:[blocks in formation] 8. In art and music, the method of bringing out or exhibiting the character and meaning of a work in all or any of its details; clear representation of ideas, emotions, etc., in a work of art or a musical performance; effective execution. Place ourselves in the position of those to whom their expre ion [that of old buildings] was originally addre ed. Ruskin. 9. In alg., any algebraical symbol, or, especially, a combination of symbols, as ( x + y)z. An expre ion may denote either a quantity or an operation; but an equation or inequality, since it constitutes a proposition, is not considered as an expre ion, but as the statement of a relation between expre ions. = Syn. 6. See term.