▪ I. † cuˈbation1 Obs.—0
[ad. L. cubātiōn-em, n. of action f. cubāre to recline.]
The action of lying down.
| 1727 in Bailey vol. II. Hence in Johnson, etc. |
▪ II. cubation2 rare.
(kjuːˈbeɪʃən)
[n. of action from mod.L. cubāre to cube (used or assumed): see -ation.]
= cubature.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl., Cubature or Cubation, of a solid. 1887 Q. Rev. Apr. 441 He [Hobbes] had collected into one volume his quadrature of the circle, cubation of the sphere, and duplication of the cube. |