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† riˈgation Obs.
[ad. L. rigātio: see prec. and -ation.]
Irrigation; moistening.
1651Raleigh's Ghost 57 The said mediterranean Countries would be continually scorched with the Sun, and be deprived of all rigation and watering. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 239 This delights in siccity and perishes by frequent rigation. 1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xv. (Dubl.) 203 They found something else more necessary to employ them in, than the Sarritions, Runcations, and Rigations of the Medica. 1779Swinburne Trav. Spain xvi. 119 In dry years, every field that has not some spring or aqueduct, to furnish it with repeated rigations, is sure to fail in its crop. |