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adv. [ L. dextra the right hand + ad to. ] (Anat.) Toward the right side; dextrally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Dexter. ] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dextral shell (Zool.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. “By working extra hours.” H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Extras 1. Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for which an additional charge is made; as, at some hotels air conditioning is an extra. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An edition of a newspaper issued at a time other than the regular one. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Cricket) A run, as from a bye, credited to the general score but not made from a hit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. Something of an extra quality or grade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ L., fr. exter. See Exterior. ] A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.

{ a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. located or occurring outside of a living cell or cells; as, extracellular fluid. Opposite of intracellular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extracting. ] [ L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Estreat. ] 1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Extraction; descent. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

{ } a. Capable of being extracted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. extraction. ] 1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. “A family of ancient extraction.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is extracted; extract; essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ books ] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The extraction of roots. (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. extractif. ] 1. Capable of being extracted. “Thirty grains of extractive matter.” Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. Cairnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything extracted; an extract. [ 1913 Webster ]

Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar. H. N. Martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) (a) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [ Obs. ] (b) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, extracts; as: (a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances. (b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A centrifugal drying machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Apiculture) A machine for clearing combs of honey; also, a device for rendering wax. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. dictio a saying. See Diction. ] Consisting not in words, but in realities. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle and logicians make in number six. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extradited p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing ] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ex out + traditio a delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See Tradition. ] The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; pref. extra- outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back. ] (Arch.) The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + dotal. ] Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + foliaceous. ] (Bot.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors. ] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. “Extraforaneous occupations.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. genus race. ] Belonging to another race or kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Out of or beyond the power authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding; as, extrajudicial oaths, judgments, etc., are null and void. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

. (Law) A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lying outside of the domain of logic. -- Ex`tra*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A sending out; emission. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world. ] Beyond the material world. “An extramundane being.” Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that involve representatives from more than one school. [ PJC ]

n. State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra-, Strange. ] Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.

-- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zoöl.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not prescribed by official duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being extraordinary. [ R. ] Gov. of the Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. extraordinaire. See Ordinary. ] 1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which dispose
To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Extraordinaries That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Not subject to physical laws or methods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]