extuberance

English

Noun

extuberance (plural extuberances)

1. A swelling or rising; protuberance.
   • 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:

     but that an Extuberance lies on the Side , that Extuberance cannot easily be taken off , by beginning to Cut with the Edge of the Graver or Sculptor just where the Extuberance begins

References

• “extuberance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.