† decussionn.
Obsolete. rare.
A shaking down or off.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > shaking > action of shaking something > dislodging or removing by shaking
shakingc1440
decussion1664
1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 43 Making a quantity of Cider with wind-falls, which he let ripen in the hoard, neer a moneth interceding the time of their decussion, and that which nature intended for their maturity.
1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Decussion, a striking or shaking off; a beating down.
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