extortioner (ekstorshoner)

[ God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, ext or tioners, unjust, adulterers. Luke xviii. 11. As when some covetous extortioner , out of the strength of his purse, buyes up the whole lading of the ship, that he may have the sole power of the wares to sell them at pleasure. Bp. Hall , Cases of Conscience, i. 5. extortionist (eks-tôr's hon-ist), n. [ extortion oust (eks-tôr's hon-us), a. [ Hardly escaping the fury of the sword and fire of their outrageous neighbours, or the famyne with the same, which their extort i ous lordes have driven them unto. Sir H. Sidney, State Papers, I. 24. To curb the lawle insolence of some, the seditious machinations of others, the extort i ous cruelties of some, the corrupt wresting of justice in others. Bp. Hall , Remains, p. 77. extortiouslyt (eks-tôr's hus-li), adv . By extortion; oppre ively. That office was commonly misused extorsiously. Sir T. More, Works, p. 1207. extra (eks'trä), a. and n. [From the use of ex tra- in comp., esp. in extraordinary, of which extra may be regarded as an abbreviation.) I. a. More than what is usual, or than what is due, appointed, or expected; supplementary; additional; supernumerary: as, an extra price; an extra edition of a newspaper; extra diet; extra charges at a boarding-school. - Extra efficient. See efficient, n.- Extra induced current, in elect. See induction. II. n. [= F. extra , n.] 1. Something in addition to what is usual or expected; something over and above the usual course or charge, or beyond what is usual. "I've been to a day-school too," said Alice; "you needn't be so proud as all that." "Yes," said Alice, "we learned French and "With extras asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously. L. Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, ix. Specifically-2. An edition or a copy of a newspaper i ued at an unusual hour to convey special intelligence. Hourly extras were i ued, and the circulation, which six months before had been le than 5000, reached upon one day of the riot more than 70,000 copies. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 690. extra (eks'trä), adv. Beyond the ordinary standard or measure; extraordinarily; unusually; You sands of embryos [of Trichina ).. bore their way into the extra - alimentary ti ues of their host. Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 551. extra-atmospheric (eks'trä-at-mos-fer'ik), a . Beyond or outside of the atmosphere. It appears to be highly probable, from the observations thus far made, that the maximum ordinate in the extra atmospheric curve lies much nearer to the violet than it does in the curve after absorption. C. A. Young, The Sun, p. 305. extra-axillary, -axillar (eks'trä-ak'si-lā-ri, -lär), a. In bot., growing from above or below the axils: as, an extra - axillary bud. extra calicular (eksträ-ka-lik'ū-lär), a. Placed outside the calyx or cup of a cælenterate. The absence of the "Rand-platte" implies almost nece arily the absence of extra calicular calico blasts. G. H. Fowler, Micros. Science, XXVIII. 16. extra capsular (eks-tra-kap'sū-lär), a. Situated outside of a capsule; specifically, in Radi olaria, situated without the central capsule; pertaining to the extracapsularium. Also ex tracapsulary. Gelatinous substance is frequently formed peripherally by the extra capsular protoplasm, constituting a kind of soft mantle which is penetrated by the pseudopodia. Encyc . Brit ., XIX. 849. extracapsularium (eks"trä-kap-sū-lā'ri-um), n.; pl. extra capsular i a (-a). [NL.,