E*vul"sion (?), n. [L. evulsio, fr. evellere, evulsum, to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck; cf. F. évulsion.] The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
Ew (?), n. [See Yew.] A yew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ewe (), n. [AS. eówu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. ær, Goth. awþi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. &?;, Skr. avi. √231.] (Zoöl.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
Ewe"-necked` (?), a. Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.
Ew"er (?), n. [OF. ewer, euwier, prop. a water carrier, F. évier a washing place, sink, aiguière ewer, L. aquarius, adj., water carrying, n., a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG, aha, G. au, aue, meadow. √219. Cf. Aquarium, Aquatic, Island.] A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet.
Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands.
Shak.
{ Ew"er*y (?), Ew"ry (?) } n. [From Ewer.] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.
Ewt (?), n. [See Newt.] (Zoöl.) The newt.
Ex- (?). A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or é-; as, escape, scape, élite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.
Ex*ac"er*bate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerrating (?).] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.] To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Broughman.
Ex*ac`er*ba"tion (?) n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.] 1. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
Ex*ac`er*bes"cence (?), n. [L. exacerbescens, -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare.] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.
Ex*ac`er*va"tion (?), n. [L. exacervare to heap up exceedingly. See Ex-, and Acervate.] The act of heaping up. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ex*ac"i*nate (?), v. t. [L. ex out + acinus kernel.] To remove the kernel form.
Ex*ac`i*na"tion (?), n. Removal of the kernel.
Ex*act" (?), a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act.] 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.