Garlic bruised 4 oz.
Boiling vinegar 12 oz.
Macerate near the fire three or four hours, then press out the fluid
part, and mix with it six ounces of honey. This is sufficient for two
doses, and may be given morning and evening. It cannot, perhaps, be too
often repeated, that, unless the horse’s diet is carefully attended to,
medicine will avail but little, either in chronic cough or imperfect
wind.—_White._
EXPLODE, _v._ To drive out with noise and violence.
EXPLOSION, _s._ The act of driving out anything with noise and
violence.
In January, 1809, Mr. Sayers, of Cuckfield, was reloading his
fowling-piece; the powder ignited (supposed from a latent spark left by
the paper wadding in the barrel), and drove the powder flask, which was
copper, to a considerable height in the air, and shattered it to atoms.
Mr. Sayers luckily escaped with no injury, except a slight scratch on
his fingers. Accidents similar to the above may be effectually prevented
by using pieces of pasteboard, felt, or leather, to charge, with instead
of soft paper.—_Daniel._
EXTENSOR, _s._ The muscle by which any limb is extended.
EXTIRPATION, _s._ The act of rooting out, excision.
EXTRACT, _v._ To draw out of something; to draw by chemical
operation.
EXUVIÆ, _s._ Cast skin, cast shells; whatever is shed or cast off by
animals.
EYAS, _s._ A young hawk just taken from the nest. _Vide_ HAWK.
EYASMUSKET, _s. obs._ A young unfledged male musket hawk.
EYE, _s._ The organ of vision; any thing formed like an eye; any
small perforation; a small catch into which a hook goes; bud of
a plant.
EYE, _v._ To watch, to keep in view.
EYEBALL, _s._ The apple of the eye.
EYESORE, _s._ Something offensive to the sight.
EYESPOTTED, _a._ Marked with spots like eyes.
EYETOOTH, _s._ The tooth on the upper jaw next on each side to the
grinders, the fang.