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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

conflatio

A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.

[R.]

Bacon.

Noun.

[L., to blow. See Blow.]

The act of blowing tow or more instruments together.

A melting or casting of metal. [Little used.]

conflation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural conflations)

(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.