- laniation
- † laniˈation Obs.—0
[ad. L. laniātiōn-em, n. of action f. laniāre to tear.]‘A tearing like a butcher’ (Cockeram, 1623).
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Laniation — La ni*a tion, n. [L. laniatio.] A tearing in pieces. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
