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k like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet. Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.

To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [Obs.] Holland.

Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

rsion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

py; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.

To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.

rch of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison. To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.

To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery. Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Pope.

The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.

To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one. He impudently excorciseth devils in the church. Prynne.

ng; enlarging. Expanding bit, Expanding drill (Mech.), a bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring. -- Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or diminished.

A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion. -- Expansion valve (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.

nce how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. Holland. Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. Sharp.

A waking up or arousing. [Obs.] Holland