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Show BExX ExpLo'REMENT. 2./, [fromexplore.] Search Who her Foremoft to {tand againft the Thunderer's aim Milton "T'o pafs the ripet period of his age The froftrated fearch of Porta, upon the explore ment of many Brown Exrro'stoN. # /i [from explode.] 'The ac of driving out any thing with noifc an violence "Thofe parts which abound with ftrata of ftone, o . marble, making the ftrongeft oppofition, are the mof furioufly fhattered; an eventobfervable not only i . this, but all other explofions whatever. Woodward In gunpowder the charcoal and fulphur eafily tak fire, and fet fire to the nitre; an the fpirit of th He would not to the feas expofe his wife a ftate of being acted upon Then joyou And beafts ExprLo/s1vE. adj. [from explode. out with noife and violence ‘[bfm' o Drivin 7./ o & ran of number in geometrica clean.sh data import.tsv out README called indices or exporents an progreffion Like Horace the reafon and demonftration of logarithms; forad dition and fubtraction of thefe exponents anfwers t multiplication and divifion in the geometrical numbers Harris fiXxPONE'NTIAL adj [from exponent. Exponential curves are fuch as partake both o the nature of algebraick and tranfcendental ones "They partake of the former, becaufe they confift o 2 finite number of terms, though thofe terms them{elves are indeterminate; and the meafure tranfcendental, becaufe the gebraically conftructed EXPO'RT . a are in fom cannot be alHarris [exporto, Latin, T carty out of a country, gencrally in th way of traffick Glorious followers taint bufinefs for want of fe crecy, and" expor honou fro a man and mak him a return in envy Bacon Edward 11T by hisencouragement of trade, turn . e the feale fo muc i favou o Englit mer chandife, that, by a balance of trade taken in hi time the exporzed commoditie amounte to tw ~ hundred ninety-four thoufand pownds, and the import.tsv ported but to thirty-eight thoufand. Addif. Frech Great fhips brought from the Indies freciou " wood, and exported pearls.and robes Arbutbnot E'xporT. . /. [from the verb.] Commodit carried out in traffick Exrorta'tiow. 7. /i [from exporz.] Th a&t or prattice of carrying out commo" dities into other countries The caufe of a kingdom's thriving is fruitfulnef of foil to produce neceffaries, not only fufficient fo the inhabitants, but for exportation into othe countries Savift Expo'rRTER. 2. /. [from export. He tha carries out commodities, in oppofition t the Zmporter, who brings them in Money will be melted down, or carried away i . £oin by the exporter, whether the picces of cac Tpecies be by the law bigger or lefs Locke EXPO'SE .. a [expono expofitunt, Lat. expofer, French. L. To lay open; to make liable Tak phyfick, Pomp Expofe thyfelf to feel what wretches feel "That thou may'f fhake the fuperfiux to them ° And fhew Heaven juft VoL T Shakefpeare's Kipg Lear atk you only expofe the follies of men without arraigning their vices Dryd. Fuwv. Dedic Tully has juftly expofed a precept,- that a ma thould live with his friend in fuch a manner that i he became his enemy, it fhould not be in his powe to hurt him Addifon's Spectator A fool might once himfelf alone expofe Now one in verfe makes many more in profe. Pope Your fame and your property fuffer alike, you ar at once expofed and plundered Pope 5. To lay open to examination Thofe who feck trut 6 only freely expofe thei principles to the teft, and are pleafed to have the examined Locke To put in danger The expofing himfelf notorioufly did change th fortune of the day, when his troops begun to giv ground Clarendon 7. To caft out to chance father with the em Hayward It is madnefs for friendlefs and unarmed innocence to expoffulate withinvincible power. L' Lflr Durft I expoffulate with Providence, I then migh renew their love 4+ To lay open to cenfure or ridicule; t fhew in fuch a ftate as brings contempt ar in this is founde to put i Cottort The bifhop will expofulate, and the tenant wil have regard to the reafonablenefs of the demand Sawift And while the balmy weftern fpirit blows Earth to the breath her bofom dares expofe. Dryden [from expono, Latin. Exponent of the ratio, or proportion between an two numbers or quantities, is the exponent arifin when the antecedent is divided by the confequent thus fix is the exponent of the ratio which thirt hath to five. Alfo a rank of numbers in arithmetical progreffion, beginning from o, and placed ove Dryden Then fields the blades of bury'd corn difclofe Thefe minerals conftitute in the carth a kind o natural gunpowder, which takes fire; and by th afliftance of its explofive power, renders the {hoc ‘_greater Woodward EXPONENT king, that he had broken his leagu peror birds frequent the lonely grove by nature ftrong EXPO'STULATE [expofule v. n Latin.] 'To canvafs with another; to al Save that for réverence of fome aliv I give a fparing limit to my tongue Shakefpeare The emperor's ambaflador did expoffulate with th But ftill he held his purpofe to depart For as he lov'd her equal to his life to make bare outa vain overflow of learning on paflages plain'an ealye, . Locke More bitterly could T expofulate Prior 2. 'To put in the power of any thing 3. To lay open pou tercate ; to debate without open rupture "To lafting toils expos'd, and endlefs cares To open dangers, and to fecret fnares into vapour, and augNewton's Opt With explofion vaft "The thunder raifes his tremendous voice 7 Adting his part upon a crowded ftage nitre being thereby rarified into vapour, rufhggou with explofion, after the manner that the vapou of water rufhes out of an wolipile : the {ulphur alfo ‘being volatile, is converte ments the explofion ' Scholiafts, thofe copious-expofitors of places Will envy whom the higheft place expofe trial could fcarce find one EX Exrostura'rion. /. [from expofiulate. 1. Debate ; altercation; difcuflion of a affair in private without rupture Expoflulation en wel betwee lovers between friends 2 bu il Spedlator Charge; accufation This makes her bleeding patients to accuf High Heav'n and thefe expoffulations ufe Could Nature then no private woman grace Whom we might dare to love with{ucha face ? #aller Lxpoflulation is- a private accufation of one frien touching another, fuppofed not to have dealt fingly o confiderately in the courfe of good friendthip. Ayliffe Exrosturaror On tha z. / debate [from expoftulare wit anothe withou open rupture Exro'sTULATORY. adj. [from expofulate. Containing expoftulation This fable is a kind of an expofiulary debate between Bounty and Ingratitude L' Efirarge Exro' urE f [fro expofe. him to another man; and he again expofes him: third man finding him, breeds up and provides for 1. The act of expoling or fetting out to obunnaturall carelefs of his child, give him as his own Helplefs and naked on a woman's knees To be expos'd or rear'd as fhe may pleafe Feel her negle, and pine for her difeafe Locke Prior A little wit is equally capable of expofing beauty, and of aggravating a fault 4ddifon's Spect Exrost'rion. 7 /. [from expofe. 1. The fitvation in which any thing i placed with refpe@ to the fun or air h chufe fmell; drawn fro tivn clear light withou taft o fprings with an eafterly expofiArbuthnot The diverfity of expofition of the feveral kitchen in this city, ‘whereby fome receive the rays of th fu fooner and other later will occafion great ir regularity as to the time of dining Arbuthnot z. Explanation; interpretation; [from expound expouo, Latin. we have our naked frailties hid That fuffer in expofure, let us meet 3. Th Shakef. Mach. flate of being expofed or bein liable to any thing Determine on fome courle More than a wild expofure to each chanc That frarts i' th> way beiore thee -Shak, Coriolanus 4. The ftate of being in danger Ajax fets Therfite To match us in comparifons with dirt To weaken and e difcredit e our o expofure, How hard foever rounded in with dange g 5. Expofition the fituatio fun or air-is received Th cold no not¢ endure th advancing houfe Skabo/p in whic in pots tw o thit Encircled you, to hear with reverenc Your expo/ition on the holy text. Shake/p. Hen, 1V You are a worthy judge You know the law: your expo/itio Hath been moft found Shakefp. Merch. of Fenice I have fometimes very boldly made fuch expofition of my authors, as no conimentator will forgive me Dryden ExpolsiTor, #.-/. [expofitor, Latin. plainer ; expounder; interpreter Ex expofitor words tales. Shakefpeare facrificing his fon Ifaac is deferibed as a little boy, whic is not con {entaneous unto the authority of expofitors Br The finner's confcience is the beft expofito the mind of God, under any judgment or afRiCtion South' Sermons inch lower than the furface of fome bed, under a fouthe 7o EXPO'UND When that your flock, affembled by the bell the fet fuch plants as wil expofure My lord of York, it better thew'd with you A mirth-moving jeft Which his fair tongue, cooceit' Delivers in fuch apt and graciou That aged ears play truant at hi In the picture of Abraham' 2. The ftate of being open to obfervation Whe 8. To cenfure; to treat with difpraife colloquial abufe of the word ‘Wate {ervation Euelysn w. a [expono, Latin. 1. To explain; to clear; to interpret {hew the meaning of t We cannot better interpret the meaning of thef words than pope Leo himfe ded them, whof fpeech, concerning our Lord's afcenfion inftead of a marginal glefs This by Calphutnia's dream is fignified may {orv Hos -And this way you have well exsoupded i He expounded unto them in ail th things concerning himfelf Thofe right holy fathers, as i they did not mak truth, ligioufly expou it fo in matter of ecclefialtica sovernment did not create provinces, but ordere which they then had 2..'To examine the the to lay open : -a Latinifin He exponnded both his pockets And found a watch with ring Exro'unoer. 7, /. [fro plainer; interpreter and lockets Hudibeas expoung. ExThi |