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cated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]

A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.

An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]

To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. "Evading from perils." Bacon. Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits evaded swift By quick contraction or remove. Milton.

e 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. Plumptre.

Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [Obs.] They are very transistory and evanid. Barrow.

At the very time; in the very case. I knew they were had enough to please, even when I wrote them. Dryden.

hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor.

o lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate. They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted. Dryden.

ese things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6.

use of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. Bentley. He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon. She takes exceptions at your person. Shak. Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or…

ills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.…

The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.

out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

otest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.

They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.

; taking place. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.

The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

ed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.