exclave (eksklav)

[L. ex, out, + -clave, in enclave: opposed to enclave.] A part of a country, province, or the like which is disjoined from the main part. The term Thu ring i a also, of course, includes the varions " exclaves " of Pru ia, Saxony, Bavaria, and Bohemia which lie embedded among them. Tait , Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 331. exclude (eks-klöd'), v. t.; pret. and pp. excluded, ppr. excluding. [ME. excluden, It. eschiudere, escludere = Sp. Pg. excluir = Pr. esclaure, esclure = OF. esclore, esclowre, es clure, F. exclure ), shut out, It [poesy] hath had acce and estimation in rude times and barbarous regions where other learning stood excluded . Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 143. All the Roman Catholic lords were by a new act for ever excluded the Parliament, which was a mighty blow. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 15, 1678. No glad Beams of Light can ever play, But Night, succeeding Night, excludes the Day. Congreve, Death of Queen Mary. 2057 2. To except or reject, as from a privilege or grant, from consideration, etc. What is opposite to the eternal rules of reason and good sense must be excluded from any place in the carriage of a well-bred man. Steele, Spectator, No. 75. As no air-pump can by any means make a perfect vacuum, so neither can any artist entirely exclude the conventional, the local, the perishable, from his book, or write a book of pure thought. Emerson, Misc., p. 76. Nature, as the word has hitherto been used by scientific men, excludes the whole domain of human feeling, will, and morality. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 85. 3. To thrust out; eject; extrude. Others ground this disruption upon their continued or protracted time of delivery, wherewith excluding but one a day, the latter brood impatient, by a forcible proruption, antedates their period of exclusion. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. In some cases, as in some species of Lepas, the larvæ, when first excluded from the egg, have not an eye. Darwin, Cirriped i a, p. 10. Principle of excluded middle or third. See middle. =Syn. To exile, expel, bar out, preclude, prohibit. See banish . excluder (eks-klöʻdėr), n. One who or that which excludes, or shuts or thrusts out. The substances preferred [for antiseptic treatment of timber] should be not only germicides, but germ excluders . Engin. Mag., XXXI. 496. excluset, a. [L. exclusus , pp. of excludere , shut out: see exclude .] Shut out; kept out. Clyves [hills] ther [where) humoure is not excluse . Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 217. exclusion (eks-klöʻzhon), n. [= F. exclusion = Pr. exclusio = Sp. exclusion = Pg. exclusão = It. esclusione , exclusio (n-), exclusus , pp. of excludere, shut out: see exclude.] 1. The act of excluding or shutting out; a debarring; non-admi ion. In bodies that need detention of spirits, the exclusion of the air doth good; but in bodies that need emi ion of spirits, it doth hurt. Bacon , Nat. Hist. Whether to dare The fiend by easy ascent, or aggravate His sad exclusion from the doors of bli . Milton , P. L., iii. 525. A bill was brought in for the total exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume , Hist. Eng., lxvii. 2. Non-inclusion or non-reception; exception. There was a question asked at the table, whether the French king would agree to have the disposing of the marriage of Bretagne, with an exception and exclusion that he should not marry her himself. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII. 3. In logic, the relation of two terms each of which is totally denied of the other. Thus, animal and plant stand to each other in a relation of exclusion, provided it is true that no animal is a plant.-4. The act of thrusting out or expelling; ejection; extrusion. How were it po ible the womb should contain the child, nay, sometimes twins, till they come to their due perfection and maturity for exclusion? Ray, Works of Creation. The larvæ in this final stage, in most of the genera, have increased many times in size since their exclusion from the egg. Darwin , Cirriped i a, p. 14. 5t. That which is emitted or thrown out; excretion. There may, I confe , from this narrow time of gestation ensue a minority or smalne in the exclusion . Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 6. Argument from exclusion. See argument. - Exclusion Bill, in Eng. hist., a bill introduced into the House of Commons, in 1679, for the purpose of debarring the Duke of York (afterward James II.) from succeeding to the throne, on the ground of his being a Roman Catholic. The bill pa ed the House of Commons, but was rejected by the House of Lords during 1680-81. But Titus said, with his uncommon sense, When the Exclusion Bill was in suspense, "I hear a lion in the lobby roar; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door And keep him there, or shall we let him in, To try if we can turn him out again?" Bramston , Art of Politics. Exclusion of the pupil, synechia in which the iris adheres to the capsule of the lens around the circumference of the pupil, but the center of the pupil is left clear and the good. Also called circular annular synechia. Method of exclusions. (a) The method of reasoning about natural phenomena advocated by Francis Bacon, in which all po ible explanations but one are succe ively excluded by crucial instances. (b) A method in the theory of numbers invented by Frenicle de Be y, and now forgotten.