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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

Ex·u"to·ry (?), n. [Cf. F. exutoire. See Exuv?e.] (Med.) An issue.

Ex·u"vi·a (?), n. sing. of Exuviæ.

Ex·u`vi·a·bil"i·ty (?), n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.

Ex·u"vi·a·ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exuviable.] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.

Ex·u"vi·æ, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.]

1. (Zoöl) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.

2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.

Ex·u"vi·al (?), a. Of or pertaining to exuviæ. "Exuvial layers." "Exuvial deposits."

Ex·u"vi·ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] (?) [From Exuviae.] (Zoöl.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year.
Huxley.

Ex·u`vi·a"tion (?), n. (Zoöl.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.

Ex`-vo"to (?), n.; pl. Ex-votos (-töz). [L. ex out of, in accordance with + voto, abl. of votum a vow.] An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

Ey (?), n.[AS. īg. Cf.Eyot.] An island. [Obs.]

Ey, n.; pl. Eyren (?). See Egg. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ey, An interj. of wonder or inquiry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

E`ya·let" (?), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iyālah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.


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