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To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.

The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure. He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

ntegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.

ical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.

ly divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.

Exposure. Swift.

A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

ion with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

Exposure. [Obs.] Shak.

Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. Pope.

Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.

ight infantry, or riflemen. -- Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front. -- Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line. -- Flank fil…

used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. Wharton.

Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first given a coat of filler.