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Webster 1913 Edition


Exustion

Ex-us′tion

(?; 106)
,
Noun.
[L.
exustio
, fr.
exurere
,
exustum
, to burn up;
ex
out +
urere
to burn.]
The act or operation of burning up.
Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exustion

EXUS'TION

,
Noun.
[L. exustus.] The act or operation of burning up.

Definition 2024


exustion

exustion

English

Noun

exustion (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act or operation of burning up.
    • 1748, William Lewis, The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh
      The exustion, here directed to be performed in an open fire, is with an intent to dislodge the remaining oil from the hartshorn []