3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.
4. (Zoöl.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
Ef*fuse", n. Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.
Ef*fuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effusing.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.]
With gushing blood effused.
Milton.
Ef*fuse", v. i. To emanate; to issue. Thomson.
Ef*fu"sion (?), n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.] 1. The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
To save the effusion of my people's blood.
Dryden.