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A wandering; a roving about. [Obs.] Cockeram.

substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.

Castration. [Obs.]

A disemboweling.

The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.

Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey.

te of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger. Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits. South.

See Exauthoration.

The act of exaugurating; desecration. [Obs.]

Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of removing or beating out the brains.

ings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.

Act of exenterating. [R.]

The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.

The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Entreaty. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

ocess of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to Ant: inspiration.

or purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)