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Webster 1913 Edition
Exilition
Exˊi-li′tion
,Noun.
[L.
exsilire
to spring from; ex
out + salire
to spring, leap.] A sudden springing or leaping out.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exilition
EXILI'TION
,Noun.
A sudden springing or leaping out. [Little used.]
Definition 2024
exilition
exilition
English
Noun
exilition (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act of suddenly jumping up or out.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- From Salt-petre proceedeth the force and the report; for Sulphur and Small-coal mixed will not take fire with noise, or exilition [...].
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5: