† avoˈlation ? Obs.
[n. of action f. prec.: see -ation.]
The action of flying away; escape, exhalation, evaporation.
| 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxiii. (1686) 224 The avolation of the light and favillous particles. 1684 Boyle Porousn. Anim. Bod. ii. 6 There being a great waste..by the avolation of invisible steam. 1757 Walker in Phil. Trans. L. 129 This cremor..bearing a considerable heat without avolation. 1824 Galt Rothelan I. i. iv. 30 He was..but for a certain avolation of the eye, when looked steadily in the face, of a goodly aspect. |