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† exˈpumicate, v. Obs. [f. ppl. stem of expūmicāre, f. ex- out + pūmic-, pūmex pumice.] trans. To clean with pumice-stone; ‘to purge or make clean’ (Blount). Hence † expumiˈcation, the action of cleaning with pumice.
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Expumicate. 1658Phillips, Expumication. So1775in Ash. |