† jectiˈgation Obs.
[a. F. jectigation ‘wagging, shrugging’ (Cotgr.), f. med.L. jectigāre, f. jact-, ject-, ppl. stem of L. jacĕre to throw.]
A wagging, a tremulous movement.
| a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xix. 159 With various Jectigation of his Fingers, and other Gesticulations. Ibid. iii. xlv. 370 Shrugging of the Shoulders, and Jectigation of the whole Body. 1730–6 Bailey (folio), Jectigation, a Trembling or Palpitation felt in the Pulse of a sick Person. 1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., [as a term anciently used]..: jectigation. |