† conquassationn.
Obsolete.
Severe shaking; agitation, concussion.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > shaking > violent shaking
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a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iii. sig. E I have had a Conquassition in my Cerebrum ever since the disaster.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 324 Wind is generated by the Conquassation of Phlegm.
1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 21 A violent conquassation of the umbrageous foliage above.
1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 49 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) All its blood is sent into the vena portarum, and has a perpetual conquassation.
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