delinition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"The Delinition alſo of the Infant's Ears and Noſtrils with the Spittle of the Prieſt may ſometimes ſtrike harſhly upon the ſpirits of the more delicate; but it makes much for the opinion of his Sanctity, vvhoſe ſpumeous excrement is of ſo ſacred a virtue, and vvill gain alſo the prayers of all the vvomen in the Tovvn, that he may ever be an hail and ſound man."

From Latin delinere (“to smear”). See liniment.

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