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† emuˈscation Obs. [as if ad. *L. ēmuscatiōn-em, n. of action f. ēmuscā-re to cleanse from moss, f. ē out + muscus moss.] The action of cleansing (the trunk of a tree) from moss. Also fig.
1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) Advt., Let them read for emuscation, cleansing it of the moss. 1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 385 They cure it..by emuscation. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts. |