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; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. J. Adams.

e to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports. The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith.

orting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.

o be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. Shak. Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. Littelton. -- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.

To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.

Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

rary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. "By working extra hours." H. Spencer.

A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustance.

Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study.

ronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of troops). (b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some available expedient or support). -- To fall calm, to cease to blow; to become calm. -- To fall down. (a) To prostrate one's self in worship. "All kings shall fall down before him." Ps. lxxii. 1…

te of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. Knight.

Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell. Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure…

disaster. [R.] That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak.

dent of, free and rational control. The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events. South.