extine, exine

[Lat. ext ( er )=on the outside, and suff. -ine.] Bot.: The outer coat of a pollen-grain. ěx-tin-guish (gu as gw), v . t . & i. [Lat. ext in guo , exstinguo , from ex out, and stinguo =to prick, to extinguish; Sp. extinguir ; Ital. estinguere; O. Fr. esteindre ; Fr. éteindre .] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To put out, to quench; as, a light, a lamp, . "By death extinguisht is that star, whose light Did shine so faithful." Habington: Castara, Elegy , vii., pt. ii. 2. To put an end to; to quench. "To make a blaze of gentrie to the world, A little puffe of scorne extinguisht it." B. Jonson: Every Man in his Humor , i. 1. 3. To suppre , to stifle, to destroy. "It extinguished also the flames of all other vices."- Bale : English Votaries , pt. ii. 4. To cloud, to obscure. "Bethink thee on her virtues that surmount, Her natural graces that extinguish art." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , v. 3. II. Law : To put an end to by union or consolidation. [EXTINGUISHMENT, II.] "By way of extinguishment: as if my tenant for life makes a lease to A for life remainder to B and his heirs, and I release to A; this extinguishes my right to the reversion, and shall enure to the advantage of B's remainder as well as of A's particular estate."- Black stone : Comment ., bk. ii., ch. 20. *B. Intran.: To be quenched or extinguished; to go out. ěx-tin-guish-a-ble (gu as gw), a . [English extinguish ; -able.] That may or can be extinguished, destroyed, or suppre ed; capable of or liable to extinction. "The fiery substance of the soul onely extinguishable by that element."-Browne: Urn Burial , ch. i., pt. iv. pine, pit, sire, sir, marîne; gō, pot, IMG:content-1303.png:[blocks in formation] tion. "When death's form appears, she feareth not An utter quenching or extinguishment ." Davies: Immortality of the Soul , s. 30, R. 4. *4. Abolition, nullification. "Divine laws of Christian church polity may not be altered by extinguishment."- Hooker . II. Law : The extinction or ending of an estate, right, ., by means of merging or consolidating it with another, generally one more extensive. ěx-tirp', v . t . [Fr. extirper , from Lat. extirpo , exstirpo to pluck up by the roots: ex out, and stirpo (gen it. stirp is )=a root; Sp. & Port. extirpar ; Ital. estirpare .] To extirpate, to eradicate, to root out. That