Defn: Having the power of causing exfoliation.
— n.
Defn: An exfoliative agent. Wiseman.
EXHALABLE
Ex*hal"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.
EXHALANT
Ex*hal"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exhalant.]
Defn: Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.
EXHALATION Ex`ha*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]
1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.
3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.