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† triture, n. Obs.|ˈtrɪtjʊə(r)|
[ad. L. trītūra a rubbing, a threshing, f. trīt, ppl. stem of terĕre to rub; cf. F. triture (1610 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Friction or galling (of a yoke). rare—1.
1607J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Plough 221 The oxe accustomed to the yoke or triture..dooth often..returne to the yoke againe.
2. Pounding or grinding; comminution; trituration.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 57 Humectation, Infection or Triture are wont to be reduced to Infusion. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 12 The continual Triture has the same Effects upon it, as repeated Sublimation. 1767Percival in Phil. Trans. LVII. 226 The powder and the water were well incorporated by triture. 1790Wedgwood ibid. LXXX. 308 To try whether this tedious process of solution could be expedited by triture or calcination, some of the mineral was rubbed in a mortar.
Hence † ˈtriture v., Obs., trans. to triturate.
1773Clegg in Phil. Trans. LXIV. 49 Four penny-weights of each of the astringents..were tritured in plain water. |