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The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.] Ray.

The act of breathing. [Obs.] Barrow.

Manuring with dung. [Obs.] Bacon.

Violation of chastity by force; rape. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

The act of subministering. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.

Excessive or extraordinary gain. [Obs.] Davenant.

The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.

The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.

The matter produced by suppuration; pus.

The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh. Windy suspiration of forced breath. Shak.

A whispering; a soft murmur. "Soft susurrations of the trees." Howell.

Temerity. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of terebrating, or boring. [R.] Bacon.

The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.

The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

See Perkinism.

A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.

The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.