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wing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. [Archaic or Technical] "An ejaculation or irradiation of the eye." Bacon.

A wailing; lamentation. [Obs.] "Ejulation in the pangs of death." Philips.

A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. "Felt the elation of triumph." Sir W. Scott.

The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

ualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.

The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

A turning into a circle; round figures. [Obs.] Donne.

A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

A waking up or awakening. [Obs.]

A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.

haled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [Obs.] This ravenous expiation of the state. Daniel.

iety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion. We must use expostulation kindly. Shak.

A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon.

Distillation. [Obs.] An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices. Derham.