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exspuition|ɛkspjuːˈɪʃən|
Also 7–9 expuition.
[ad. L. exspuitiōn-em, n. of action f. exspuĕre, f. ex- out + spuĕre to spit. Cf. F. exspuition.]
The action of spitting out from the mouth. Const. of. Also transf. and concr.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 122 Whose office was..the potation of the same aliment, expuition, and locution. 1759Darwin in Phil. Trans. LI. 527 That these hæmorrhages were from the pulmonary artery..appears from the sudden exspuition. 1852–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 1147/2 A sort of expuition. |