Exulcerate Ex·ul"cer·ate adjective [ Latin exulceratus , past participle ] Very sore; ulcerated. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Exulceration Ex·ul`cer·a"tion noun [ Latin exulceratio : confer French exulcération .] [ Obsolete or R.] 1. Ulceration. Quincy.

2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

Exulcerative Ex·ul"cer·a·tive adjective Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

Exulceratory Ex·ul"cer·a·to·ry adjective [ Latin exulceratorius : confer French exulcératoire .] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

Exult Ex·ult" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Exulted ; present participle & verbal noun Exulting .] [ Latin exultare , exsultare , exultatum , exsultatum , to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. from exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: confer French exulter . See Salient .] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft.

The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
And leap exulting like the bounding roe.

Pope.

Exultance, Exultancy Ex·ult"ance, Ex·ult"an·cy noun [ Latin exsultantia .] Exultation. [ Obsolete] Burton. Hammond.

Exultant Ex·ult"ant adjective [ Latin exsultans , exsultantis , present participle of exsultare . See Exult .] Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.

Break away, exultant , from every defilement.

I. Tay;or.

Exultation Ex`ul·ta"tion noun [ Latin exsultatio : confer French exultation .] The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.

His bosom swelled with exultation .

Prescott.

Exulting Ex·ult"ing adjective Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly , adverb

Exundate Ex·un"date intransitive verb [ Latin exundatus , past participle of exundare to overflow; ex out + undare . See Undated waved.] To overflow; to inundate. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Exundation Ex`un·da"tion noun [ Latin exundatio .] An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [ R.] Ray.

Exungulate Ex·un"gu·late transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Exungulated; present participle & verbal noun Exungulating.] [ Latin exungulare to lose the hoof, ex out, from + ungula . See Ungula .] To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [ R.]

Exuperable Ex·u"per·a·ble adjective [ Latin exuperabilis , exsuperabilis . See Exuperate .] Surmountable; superable. [ Obsolete] Johnson.

Exuperance Ex·u"per·ance noun [ Latin exuperantia , exsuperantia .] Superiority; superfluity. [ Obsolete] Sir K. Digby.

Exuperant Ex·u"per·ant adjective [ Latin exuperans , exsuperans , present participle] Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [ Obsolete]

Exuperate Ex·u"per·ate transitive verb [ Latin exuperatus , exsuperatus , past participle of exuperare , exsuperare to excel; ex out + superare to go over, super above, over.] To excel; to surmount. [ Obsolete]

Exuperation Ex·u`per·a"tion noun [ See Exurgent .] The act of rising or coming into view. [ Obsolete] Baxter.

Exurgent Ex·ur"gent adjective [ Latin exurgens , exsurgens , present participle of exurgere , exsurgere , to rise up; ex out + surgere to rise.] Arising; coming to light. [ Obsolete]

Exuscitate Ex·us"ci·tate transitive verb See Exsuscitate [ Obsolete] T. Adams.

Exustion Ex·us"tion noun [ Latin exustio , from exurere , exustum , to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.] The act or operation of burning up. Bailey.

Exutory Ex·u"to·ry noun [ Confer French exutoire . See Exuv...e .] (Medicine) An issue.

Exuvia Ex·u"vi·a noun sing. of Exuviæ .

Exuviability Ex·u`vi·a·bil"i·ty noun Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.

Exuviable Ex·u"vi·a·ble adjective [ Confer French exuviable .] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.

Exuvial Ex·u"vi·al adjective Of or pertaining to exuviæ. " Exuvial layers." " Exuvial deposits."

Exuviate Ex·u"vi·ate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Exuviated , present participle & verbal noun Exuviating .] [ From Exuviae .] (Zoology) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year.

Huxley.

Exuviation Ex·u`vi·a"tion noun (Zoology) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.

Exuviæ Ex·u"vi·æ noun plural [ Latin , from exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.] 1. (Zoöl) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.

2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.

Exæresis Ex·ær"e·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a taking away.] (Surg.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

Ey Ey noun [ Anglo-Saxon īg . Confer Eyot .] An island. [ Obsolete]

Ey Ey noun ; plural Eyren See Egg . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Ey Ey An interj. of wonder or inquiry. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Eyalet E`ya·let" noun [ Turk., from Arabic iyālah .] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet .

Eyas Ey`as noun [ French niais fresh from the nest, a derivative from Latin nidus nest. English an eyas for a nias . See Nest , and confer Nias , Jashawk .] (Zoology) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself. Shak J. H. Walsh

Eyas Ey"as adjective Unfledged, or newly fledged. [ Obsolete]

Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies,
His newly budded pinions to assay.

Spebser.

Eyasmusket Ey"as·mus`ket noun [ Eyas + muske the brid.] An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Eye Eye (ī) noun [ Prob. from nye , an eye being for a nye . See Nye .] (Zoology) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

Eye Eye (ī) noun [ Middle English eghe , eighe , eie , eye , Anglo-Saxon eáge ; akin to OFries. āge , Old Saxon ōga , Dutch oog , Ohg. ouga , German auge , Icelandic auga , Swedish öga , Danish öie , Goth. augō ; confer OSlav. oko , Lithuanian akis , Latin okulus , Greek 'o`kkos , eye, 'o`sse , the two eyes, Sanskrit akshi . √10, 212. Confer Diasy , Ocular , Optic , Eyelet , Ogle .] 1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the eyes are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus .

Description of illustration : a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i ; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve.

» The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic , to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor , and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor . The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid , and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina , in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris , which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil , admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones , causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.

2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of a sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.

3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.

In my eye , she is the sweetest lady that I looked on.

Shak.

4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence.

We shell express our duty in his eye .

Shak.

Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes .

Shak.

5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. "Keep eyes upon her." Shak.

Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage.

Addison.

6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance ; as: (a) (Zoology) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as, the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as, hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as, an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone.

7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. "The very eye of that proverb." Shak.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts.

Milton.

8. Tinge; shade of color. [ Obsolete]

Red with an eye of blue makes a purple.

Boyle.

By the eye , in abundance. [ Obsolete] Marlowe. -- Elliott eye (Nautical) , a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. -- Eye agate , a kind of circle agate, the central parts of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zoöl) , a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. -- Eye doctor , an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Architecture) , the circle in the center of volute. -- Eye of day , Eye of the morning , Eye of heaven , the sun. "So gently shuts the eye of day ." Mrs. Barbauld. -- Eye of a ship , the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Half an eye , very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye ; often figuratively. "Those who have but half an eye ." B. Jonson. -- To catch one's eye , to attract one's notice. -- To find favor in the eyes (of) , to be graciously received and treated. -- To have an eye to , to pay particular attention to; to watch. " Have an eye to Cinna." Shak. -- To keep an eye on , to watch. -- To set the eyes on , to see; to have a sight of. -- In the eye of the wind (Nautical) , in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind .

Eye Eye transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Eyed ; present participle & verbal noun Eying or Eyeing .] To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportioned strength.

Milton.

Eye Eye intransitive verb To appear; to look. [ Obsolete]

My becomings kill me, when they do not
Eye well to you.

Shak.

Eye opener Eye opener That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.

Eye-minded Eye"-mind`ed adjective Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. -- Eye"- mind`ed*ness , noun

Eye-saint Eye"-saint` noun An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes. [ Obsolete]

That's the eye-saint , I know,
Among young gallants.

Beau. & Fl.

Eye-splice Eye"-splice` noun (Nautical) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice .

Eye-spot Eye"-spot` noun (Zoology) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color.

Eye-spotted Eye"-spot`ted adjective Marked with spots like eyes.

Juno's bird, in her eye-spotted train.

Spenser.

Eyeball Eye"ball` noun The ball or globe of the eye.

Eyebar Eye"bar` noun (Engineering) A bar with an eye at one or both ends.

Eyebeam Eye"beam` noun A glance of the eye. Shak.

Eyebolt Eye"bolt` noun (Machinery) A bolt with a looped head, or an opening in the head.

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