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† læˈtation Obs.
Also 7 letation.
[ad. L. lætātiōn-em, f. late L. lætāre to render fertile, f. læt-us fertile, joyful.]
A manuring; also quasi-concr. manure.
(Frequent in Evelyn; in the Advertisement prefixed to ed. 3 of Sylva, 1679 he says that ‘the meaner capacities’ among his readers may ‘read for letation, dung’.)
1664Evelyn Sylva i. ii. (1670) 11 Meliorating barren-ground with sweet and comminuted lætations. |