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Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n.

To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Same as Expectorant. Harvey.

That may be explored; as, an explorable region.

To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)

Exploratory.

One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.

Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.

spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.

Extemporaneously.

Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer." Fuller.

Pertaining to that which is out of doors. "Extr occupations." Cowper.

The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission.

Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.

Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. "Femoral habiliments." Sir W. Scott.

Floor space.