exserted

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exserted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exsert \Ex*sert"\, Exserted \Ex*sert"ed\, a. [L. exsertus, p. p.
     of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
     Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert
     stamens.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A small portion of the basal edge of the shell
           exserted.                                --D. H.
                                                    Barnes.
     [1913 Webster]

  Exsert \Ex*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exserted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Exserting.] [See Exsert, a., Exert.]
     To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said to exsert
     the proboscis.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]