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lorication|lɒrɪˈkeɪʃən|
[f. loricate v.: see -ation.]
a. The action of loricating (see quots.).
b. concr. A defensive covering or casing.
a1706Evelyn Sylva (1776) 314 Cones..with pretty broad thick scales..and the entire lorication smoother couched than those of the Fir-kind. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lorication, a fencing with a Coat of Mail, a harnessing; in Masonry, the filling of Walls with Morter; in Chymistry, the covering of a Vessel call'd a Retort with Loam or Clay, before it is set over a naked fire. 1741tr. Cramer's Art Assaying Met. 74 When the Vessels are exposed naked to the greatest Fire; it easily happens, that they burst... For the preventing of which, you must have Recourse to Lorication or Coating. |