Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-SCRIBE, v.t. [L. exscribo.]

To copy; to transcribe. [Not in use.] B. Jonson.

EX'SCRIPT, n.

A copy; a transcript. [Not used.]

EX-SEC'RE-TA-RY, n.

One who has been secretary, but is no longer in office.

EX-SEC'TION, n. [L. exsectio.]

A cutting off, or a cutting out. Darwin.

EX-SEN'A-TOR, n.

One who has been a senator, but is no longer one.

EX-SERT', or EX-SERT'ED, a. [L. exsero; ex and sero. See Exert.]

Standing out; protruded from the corol; as, stamens exsert. Eaton. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. Barnes.

EX-SERT'ILE, a.

That may be thrust out or protruded. Fleming.

EX-SIC'CANT, a. [See Exsiccate.]

Drying; evaporating moisture; having the quality of drying.

EX'SIC-CATE, v.t. [L. exsicco; ex and sicco, to dry.]

To dry; to exhaust or evaporate moisture. Brown. Mortimer.

EX'SIC-CA-TED, pp.

Dried.

EX'SIC-CA-TING, ppr.

Drying; evaporating moisture.

EX-SIC-CA'TION, n.

The act or operation of drying; evaporation of moisture; dryness. Brown.

EX-SIC'CA-TIVE, a.

Tending to make dry.

EX-SPU-I'TION, n. [L. expuo for exspuo.]

A discharge of saliva by spitting. Darwin.

EX-STIP'U-LATE, a. [L. ex and stipula, straw.]

In botany, having no stipules. Martyn.

EX-SUC'COUS, a. [L. exsuccus; ex and succus, juice.]

Destitute of juice; dry. Brown.

EX-SUC'TION, n. [L. exugo, exsugo, to suck out; sugo, to suck.]

The act of sucking out. Boyle.

EX-SU-DA'TION, n. [L. exudo, for exsudo.]

1. A sweating; a discharge of humors or moisture from animal bodies by sweat or extillation through the pores.
2. The discharge of the juices of a plant, moisture from the earth, &c.

EX-SUDE, v.i.

To flow from a living body through the pores or by a natural discharge, as juice.

EX-SUDE, v.t. [supra.]

To discharge the moisture or juices of a living body through the pores; also, to discharge the liquid matter of a plant by incisions. Our forests exude [exsude] turpentine in the greatest abundance. Dwight.

EX-SUD-ED, pp.

Emitted, as juice.

EX-SUD-ING, ppr.

Discharging, as juice.

EX-SUF-FLA'TION, n. [L. ex and sufflo, to blow.]

1. A blowing or blast from beneath. [Little used.] Brown.
2. A kind of exorcism. Fulke.

EX-SUF'FO-LATE, a.

Contemptible. [Not in use.] Shak.

EX-SUS'CI-TATE, v.t. [L. exsuscito.]

To rouse; to excite. [Not used.]