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A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.

The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.

ak. Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. Dryden. Sir, come down ere my child die. John iv. 49.

The employment of a knight-errant. Johnson.

Red, or reddish; blushing. Johnson.

r Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumpt…

To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.

Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative. Johnson.

ated as a model; a pattern or copy. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as John xiii. 15. I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way. Milton.

Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson.

ing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An exculpatory letter." Johnson.

Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.

ous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right. It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7. Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately.

natory; illustrative; exegetical. A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson.

To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson.

The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson.

To drop or distill. [Obs.] Johnson.

Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson. -- Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]

Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.