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ame the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.

tting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded. His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton. The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume.

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

all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.

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

The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Expansible. Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C.

us; -- 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.

The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.

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

d to be contrary to the fundamental principles of a free government, and the States are prohibited from passing such laws by the Constitution of the United States. Burrill. Kent.

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.

A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] Johnson.

ligion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. Which to believe of her, Must be a faith that reason without miracle Could…

adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27.