Defn: To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.
EXCRUCIATING
Ex*cru"ci*a`ting
Defn: . Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." V. Knox.
"Excruciating fears." Bentley — Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly, adv.
EXCRUCIATION
Ex*cru`ci*a"tion n. Etym: [L. excruciatio.]
Defn: The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham.
EXCUBATION Ex`cu*ba"tion n. Etym: [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down.]
Defn: A keeping watch. [Obs.] Bailey.
EXCUBITORIUM Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie.] (Eccl. Antiq.)
Defn: A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.
EXCULPABLE
Ex*cul"pa*ble