† extraductionn.
Obsolete.
a. A conclusion (to a book); opposed to introduction.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > postface or conclusion
envoyc1398
extraduction1533
epilogue1564
heel1608
explicit1660
post-face1742
afterword1890
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > epilogue, envoy, or conclusion
parclosec1390
envoyc1398
conclusionc1405
l'envoy1430
subscriptionc1450
extraduction1533
epilogue1564
surclose1589
corollary1603
post-face1742
retroduction1786
explicit1849
snapper1857
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. xiv So sholde he haue called those thre chapyters after his mater, an extraduccyon.
b. Military. The bringing a line of musketeers to the front from the rear of a body of pikemen.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > other manoeuvres
limaçon1581
extraduction1635
decursiona1657
feint1683
debouchment1827
pincer1917
leap-frog1918
pincer movement1918
link-up1945
1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline lxxviii. 215 The next Firing..to demonstrate, shall be by way of Extraduction: which is also a firing in Front.
1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline lxxx. 223 The body standing in this forme, the Muskettiers may sleeve up by way of Extraduction.
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