▪ I. † perfriction1 Obs. rare.
(pəˈfrɪkʃɛn)
[f. L. perfrictiōn-em, n. of action (in ancient L.) from perfricāre (ppl. stem perfricāt- and perfrict-): see perfricate.]
= perfrication.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Perfriction.., a rubbing, or fretting hard or throughly. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 94. 2/2 A Glass Tube.., violently heated by Perfriction. |
▪ II. † perˈfriction2 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. perfrīctiōn-em a chilling through, n. of action f. perfrīgēre to be chilled through, f. per- 2 + frīgēre to be cold.]
A thorough chill, a violent cold.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 203 The body of the patient must be first washed or anointed with Acopus, so as all perfrictions by sweat may be avoided. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Perfriction.., a great, through or quaking cold, a shivering for cold, which goeth before the fit. |