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Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

ng out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe.

substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to Ant: contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

To range at large, or without restraint. Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope.

A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.

To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.

To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.

th; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton.

Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.

The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.

A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin. The northern people large and fair-complexioned. Sir M. Hale.

A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.