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Webster 1913 Edition

Jactation

Jac-ta′tion

(jăk-tā′shŭn)

,

Noun.

[L.

jactatio

, fr.

jactare

: af. F.

jactation

. See

.]

A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.

Sir. W. Temple.