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-- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.

A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] Boyle.

Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.

Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.

Relying on experiment or experience. "an experimentarian philosopher." Boyle. -- n.

ion; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle. Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.

The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle.

Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. Boyle.

The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Obs.] Boyle.

To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] Boyle.

Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.] Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. Boyle. By the eye, in abundance. [Obs.] Marlowe. -- Elliott eye (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. -- Eye agate, a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande…

Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.

by fear. z2 fera their people from doing evil. Robynsin (More's utopia). Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Shak.

Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever. Boyle.

Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. Boyle.

Fixedness. [Obs.] Boyle.

Free from flaws. Boyle.

The quality of being florid. Boyle.

erely decorative figure. The neat characters and flourishes of a Bible curiously printed. Boyle.

ad suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. The flushing noise of many waters. Boyle. It flushes violently out of the cock. Mortimer.