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as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. "Under a southern exposure. Evelyn. The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. Sir. W. Scott.

The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle.

Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. Evelyn.

To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.

attainable with little labor. Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. Evelyn.

umstance. What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. Evelyn. He who most excels in fact of arms. Milton.

ut to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the colleges. Evelyn.

Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.

erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. Hoblyn. -- St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo. -- To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle. -- To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.

or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.

To attack sideways. [Obs.] Evelyn.

about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn. Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.

A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.

A trickly fellow; a cheat. [Obs.] Evelyn. Denham.

dy's cabinet is a adorned on the fret, ceiling, and chimney- piece with . . . carving. Evelyn.

cf. F. friable.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. "Friable ground." Evelyn. "Soft and friable texture." Paley. -- Fri'a-ble-ness, n.

The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Evelyn.

Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.

decoration by representation of fruit. The cornices consist of frutages and festoons. Evelyn.

Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn.