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extancies

extancies is the plural of extancy.

Meaning of extancy

Noun (1)

extancy (plural extancies)

  1. (obsolete) The state of rising above others, or a projection.
    • [W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in...1663, Robert Boyle, “Title IX. Experiments in Consort, Touching the Bubbles from which the Levity of Ice is Supposed to Proceed.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An...

Noun (2)

extancy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being extant; existence.

Questions about extancies

What is extancies the plural of?
Extancies is the plural of extancy.

Words near extancies in the dictionary

  1. ext
  2. ext.
  3. extacy
  4. extance
  5. extances
  6. extancies
  7. extancy
  8. extant
  9. extasied
  10. extasies
  11. extasy

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