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exuvial, a. and n.|ɛgˈzjuːvɪəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, exuviæ. In quots. transf. and fig.
†B. n. pl. Things stripped off; spoils.
1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 72 Being cled with the exuvials and Trophees of enemies. 1839Thackeray Catherine i, The load of exuvial coats and breeches under which he [the old clothes man] staggers. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Shaks. Wks. (Bohn) I. 364 In the poet's mind, the fact has..lost all that is exuvial. |