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▪ I. † moˈlition1 Obs. [a. F. molition (Rabelais), ad. L. mōlītiōn-em, n. of action f. mōlīrī to make exertions, to build, construct.] a. An endeavour, effort b. A contrivance, apparatus.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. iv b, This treasure house of Engines, Molitiones, and of other Chyrurgicall Instrumentes. 1642M. Newcomen Craft Church's Adversaries (1643) 24 You that have bin now these two yeares wrastling with them, you know what their Molitions have bin. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. ii. §22. 86 Infinite Atoms..after many Convolutions and Evolutions, Molitions and Essays..chanced..to settle into this form and system of things. ▪ II. † moˈlition2 Obs. rare—0. [a. med.L. molitiōn-em, n. of action from L. molĕre to grind: see -ition.] The action of grinding.
1731Bailey vol. II, Molitions, grindings. |