† commolitionn.

Etymology: < Latin *commolitiōn-em, noun of action < commolit- , participial stem of commolĕre : see commolate v.

Obsolete. rare.

Grinding together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [noun]

grindc1200

grinding1340

contritionc1384

brayingc1440

milling1466

braisinga1500

comminution1578

pealing1582

pounding1591

contusion1617

pulping1640

pistillation1646

trituration1646

triture1657

commolition1658

grist1676

porphyrization1771

comminuting1776

atomization1865

micronization1941

micronizing1941

1658 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 3) iii. xxii. 134 That use in their stomacks, which they have in other birds; that is, in some way to supply the use of teeth, by commolition, grinding and compression of their proper aliment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	commolition
释义	† commolitionn. Etymology: < Latin commolitiōn-em, noun of action < commolit-* , participial stem of commolĕre : see commolate v. Obsolete. rare. Grinding together. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [noun] grindc1200 grinding1340 contritionc1384 brayingc1440 milling1466 braisinga1500 comminution1578 pealing1582 pounding1591 contusion1617 pulping1640 pistillation1646 trituration1646 triture1657 commolition1658 grist1676 porphyrization1771 comminuting1776 atomization1865 micronization1941 micronizing1941 1658 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 3) iii. xxii. 134 That use in their stomacks, which they have in other birds; that is, in some way to supply the use of teeth, by commolition, grinding and compression of their proper aliment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1658
随便看	not worth a penny not worth a picayune not worth a pin not worth a plack not worth a pudding not worth a sprat not worth a turd not worth a whistle not worth an hour's a day's purchase not worth an hour's a etc purchase not worth an hour's purchase not worth an oyster not worth god-a-mercy not worth godamercy not worth shucks not worth the king's unlaw not worth the paper it's written on not worth the time of day not yet not yet in long trousers not-againstanding not-at-all not-being not-for-profit not-for-thy