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ejaculation|ɪˌdʒækjuːˈleɪʃən|
[as if a. L. *ējaculātiōn-em, f. as ejaculate v.: see -ation.]
†1. The action of hurling (missiles); the spouting out (of water); the throwing up (stones, etc. by subterranean forces). Obs.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. xiv. (1660) 332 Man..furnished himself to the full..with Instruments of ejaculation. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis ii. xxii. 143 Ashes..carried many miles..with their own violent ejaculation. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 238 A sling..should be altogether for ejaculations. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 61 When the ejaculation is strong and brisk, the petroleous wells are observed to become very turbid. 1818Ann. Reg., Chron. 495 [He] spouted out of his mouth..several tuns of water..This ejaculation was received with the highest applause.
2. The sudden ejection or emission (of seed, fluids, etc.) from the animal or vegetable system. spec. the discharging of the male sperm.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1301 The ejaculation or casting foorth of naturall seed. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. iv. 113 The vessels of ejaculations. 1677Grew Anat. Fruits v. §19 That violent and surprising Ejaculation of the Seeds. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Bee, The Bees..are generated..by the Ejaculation of a little Crystalline Water into the Bottom of the small Cells in the Combs. 1807Ann. Reg. 823 The ejaculation or darting of the [spider's] threads is doubted. 1865Reader No. 151. 576/3 Ejaculation of aqueous fluid from leaves. 1888E. L. Keyes Surg. Dis. Genito-Urinary Organs i. xxvi. 442 Ejaculation of semen may be produced by a variety of causes. 1928[see ejaculatio præcox]. 1966R. D. Amelar Infertility in Men ii. 32 The semen is ejaculated in a liquid form and becomes a gel or coagulation, immediately after ejaculation, only to liquefy again within 5 to 20 minutes.
3. transf. and fig.
a. The emission of rays (by a luminary), of occult or magical influence, etc.
b. The putting up of short earnest prayers in moments of emergency; the hasty utterance of words expressing emotion.
1625Bacon Envy, Ess. (Arb.) 511 There seemeth to be acknowledged, in the Act of Enuy an Eiaculation..of the Eye. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 20 In the ejaculation of her prayers on her people. a1657Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scotl. (1824–5) II. 73 The suns eiaculatione of his beames wpone the earthe, more then 6,900,000 myles. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. vii. (1878) 101 An ejaculation of love is not likely to offend Him.
4. concr. Also fig.
a. gen.
1708Motteux Rabelais iv. xviii. (1737) 77 Lightnings, fiery Vapours, and other aerial Ejaculations. 1841–4Emerson Ess. Poet Wks. (Bohn) I. 168 The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men.
b. spec. A short prayer ‘darted up to God’ (Fuller) in an emergency. In wider sense: A short hasty emotional utterance.
1624T. Gokin Hallowed be Thy Name in Farr S.P. (1847) 325 Thou takest recreation In..one eiaculation. 1656Sir J. Finett For. Ambass. 237, I found by his ejaculations that they repented of their punctillios. 1684–5in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 382 III. 338 The other Bishops giving their assistance..with very good ejaculations. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 24 He makes the lords and commons fall to a pious, legislative ejaculation. 1863Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 133 The usual chorus of..ejaculations of welcome. |