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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

emicatio

, fr.

emicare

to spring out or forth;

out +

micare

to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.]

A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.

Sir T. Browne.

Noun.

[L. emicatio, emico, from e and mico, to sparkle, that is, to dart.]

A sparkling; a flying off in small particles, as from heated iron or fermenting liquors.

emication ‎(usually uncountable, plural emications)

A flying off in small particles, like heated iron or fermenting liquors; a scintillation.
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