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An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficial remark, etc. [Obs.] Not to bear cold forms, nor men's outterms. B. Jonson.

Formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv. 16.

One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.

ed also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.

science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

f decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear. Parotic region (Zoöl.), the space around the ears.

Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents. Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker.

The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action. A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it. Locke.

The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility. [Obs.] This experiment discovereth perception in plants. Bacon.

The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.

he alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. "In personage stately." Hayward. The damsel well did view his personage. Spenser.

Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. Addison.

Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. "Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness. " Bacon. "Pharisaical ostentation." Macaulay. -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness, n.

Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners. "A piece of pharisaism." Hammond.

the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.