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crificc. See SACR IFl CE, HARUSPEX , and Dlvl'
N.\TION .
EXTORTION, in la", isan iIIegal manner oCIVrer.ing
any Ihillg from aman either by force, meoaee, or au·
thority.
EXTRACT, in pharmley, is a Colutioo of the pum
paTl! of a mixed body inrpilfmd, by dindlation or e·
vaporation, nearly tO rhe confinence of hooey. See
CHEMISTRY.
EXTRACT, in matten of iiteratore, i! fomething eopied
or colleéled from a book or paper.
EXTRACTlON, iD cheminry and pharmacy, the ope·
mion by which elfences, tinélures, ve. are dra"n
from oarural bodies. See CHEMlsHr.
EXHACTt ON, in furgery, is fue drawing any foreign
mmer out of rhe body bythe hand, or by the he!p of
in/lruments. See SURcERr.
EXTRACTIOW, in geoealog)', implies the /loek or fami·
1y Crom which aperfon is deCceoded.
EXTRACTI ON '1 rOOll , io algebra and arithmetic. See
AL GEBU, p. 86. and AR11'HMETI CK, p. 420.
EXTRACTOR, in midlVifery, ao in/lrument, or for.
ceps, for exrraéling childreo by !he head. See MID'
WIFHY.
EXTRAVAGANTES, thoCe decretal epinles, whieh
wm poblifhed afrer the clemenrioe!. See CLEMEN'
TINES.
They were fo called becaoCe, at fir/l, tbeywere not
dige/led, or ranged, with the orher papal connitorioos,
but feemed tObe, as it \Vere, detached from the ca·
noo law. They eonrinued to be called by the (ame
Dame when they were afterwards in(ened io !he body
of Ihe caoon lalV. The fidl eXlravaganles are thoCe
of John XXIl. fuccelfor of Clemenl V. rhe la/l eollee·
tioo lVas brooghl down 10 Ihe year 1483. aod was
called the eommoo extravagantes, notwith/landinng
that they were likewiCe ioeorporared with the re/l of
the canon law.
EXTRAVASATION, io eontufions, filfures, depreCo
fions, (raOures, aod other aeeidenl! of the cranium,
is wben ooe or more of rhe blood·velfe!s, Ihal are di·
Ilribured on Ihe dura mater, is broke or divided,
whereby Ihere is (uch a diCcharge of blood as greatly
,opprelfes Ihe brain, and di/lurbs its offiee ; f,equenrly
hr'oging on violenr pains, .nd orher miCchiefs ; and at
length death ilCelf, unlers the parient is rimcly re·
lieved. See SURCERY. and MEDICIN E.
EXTREMES, in logie, rhe terms expreffing Ihe IWO
ideas whoCe relation we inquire after iD a [ylJogiCm.
EXTR EME UNCTION. See UNCTION.
EXTRINSIC, among meraphyfieians, is tahn in vario
ous [eofes: (ometiOles ir fignifies a Ihiog's nm beloog.
ing 10 rhe etrence of anorher; in whieh CenCe, the ef.
fi eienr eau(e and end of a thing are raid ro be eXlrinfie.
Somerimes it fignifies a thing's not being eooraiotd
"t/itbio !he-capaeiry of ¡nother i in whieh [(o(e, IheCe
cauC(s are ealled extriofic whieh inrrodllee fomethin'
into a fubj~é\ fromwirhour, as when a firc introdue,~
hear. Sometimes it fignifies a rhini add~d or applied
ro another; in whieh fenCe aecideots and adherenr. are
(aid lO be eXlrinfic 10 !he CuGjdls to whieh rhey ad.
htre. SOlOtriOles Ihe vifiull is [~id to be exrrinfi:
[rolO (ome form wbich dots nOI exm io that rhing,
bur is adjaeent to il, or by Comemeaos or orber wirh.
our it.
EXULCERATION, in Curgery. See ULCH.
EXUVllE, among nalurali/ls, denole tbe can·off pa~tl
Of cov(rings of animals, as !he Ikios of ferpenrs, ca.
terpillar!, and other ioCeéls.
EYE, in anaromy, See ANATOMV, P. 28 9.
Hul/'I En, in a/lronomy. See ALDilAlAN.
En,cLA8s, in rhe núeroCeope. See MIClolcoPB
and OPTICS.
EYEMOUTH, or AVMOUTH, Qport·towo ofSeorlaod,
aboll! fix mile. north of Berwick.
EYRAC, or IzACA AlABrC, a province of Afiatie
Turky, fituated on rhe river Euphrates, beiog the ac.
eient Chaldea or Babylooia.
ErRAc, or lRAC' ACEM, the ancieot Panbia, now the
principal provioee of Perfia, is Gruared almo/l io the
centre of r~at kingdom, il! capiral eity being lfpahao,
the metropolis of rhe whole kingdom.
EYRE, or ErRE, in law, the coun of itiaeraol jullite,.
. SeejusTicES.
EYSENACH, a city 01 German" io the eirele of Up.
per Saxooy : E. long. 10° ." and N. lar. p0.
EZEKIEL, a eanooieal book of!he Old Tellament, re·
ferriog chiefiy 10 lhe degenerate manDen and eorrap'
lioDS of the jews of !hoCe times.
lt abounds wirh fine Cenreoees and rieh eompariCool,
and diCeovm a good deaJ of learoiog iD profane
mallel!.
Ezekiel was earried captive to Babyloo wi!h Jecho·
niah, and began his prophecies iD rhe ¡¡fth year of Ihe
capriviry. He was coremporary wirh Jeremiah, who
prophefied at rhe (ame time io Judea He forerold
maoyevents, panieularly rhe dellruélion of rhe remple,
the falal eatallrophe of IhoCe who m olted from Baby·
Ion10 EgypI, ¡od !he happy returo of !he Jews tO
their OWn land.
EZRA, a canonical book of Ibe Old Te/lament, compre·
hending !he hi/lory of the Jews from th~ rime of
Cyrus's edift for their returo, 10 !he twenrierh year of
AnQxerxes Longimaous. Ir (peeifies Ibe number of
Jews who returned, and Cyrus', proclamarioo for r!1C
rebuilding Ihe temple, logel her with Ihe layiog 111
fouodation, lhe obllruaions ir met wirh, and Ibe 6·
nifhing Ihereof inthe reigo of Darius.
The illullrious aorhor of this book, was alCo rhe re·
Ilorer aod publilher of lbe caooQof tbe Old Teaa·
menr.
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