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An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

t; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.

The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.

In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea.

Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.…

An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.

The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.

External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret. The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.

One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere. Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was. Shak.

Surface; superficies; externality.

Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. Shak. They are exteriorly lifelike. J. H. Morse.

Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. I. Taylor.