exit

n 1: an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the

way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" [syn: {issue},

{outlet}, {way out}]

2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his

passing" [syn: {passing}, {loss}, {departure}, {expiration},

{going}, {release}]

3: the act of going out

v 1: move out of; as of a room, a country, a bus, etc. [syn: {go

out}, {get out}, {leave}] [ant: {enter}]

2: lose the lead, in card games

3: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes

and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from

cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The

patient went peacefully" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish},

{go}, {pass away}, {expire}] [ant: {be born}]

hexit

/hek'sit/ A {hexadecimal} digit (0-9, and A-F or

a-f). Used by people who claim that there are only ▫ten▫

digits, sixteen-fingered human beings being rather rare,

despite what some keyboard designs might seem to imply (see

{space-cadet keyboard}).

[{Jargon File}]

(1996-03-09)