n. [ See Ect-. ] (Anat.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. -- Ec`ter*on"ic a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. externe. See External. ] External; outward; not inherent. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. externe. ] 1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Outward form or part; exterior. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as externe. [ PJC ]

‖ n. [ F. Cf. Extern. ] a person affiliated with an institution who does not reside there; especially, (Med.) a doctor or medical student who is in attendance upon, or is assisting at, a hospital, but who does not reside in it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adam was then no less glorious in his externals South. [ 1913 Webster ]

God in externals could not place content. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior. ] 1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of all external things, . . .
She [ Fancy ] forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her virtues graced with external gifts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial. [ 1913 Webster ]

The external circumstances are greatly different. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. [ 1913 Webster ]

External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. embodying in an outward form.
Syn. -- externalization, exteriorization, exteriorisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to make external.
Syn. -- exteriorize, externalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. [ 1913 Webster ]

This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. E. Eggleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to externalism. North Am. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]