▪ I. † sugiˈllation1 Obs.
[f. L. sūgĕre to suck, with termination from sūgillātio (see next).]
= sucking vbl. n. 1 b, suction 1 c.
| 1528 Paynell Salerne's Regim. (1541) D iij b, By sugillation [orig. L. suctione] of the membres nedynge meate. |
▪ II. sugillation2, suggillation
(s(j)uːdʒɪˈleɪʃən, sʌdʒ-)
[ad. L. sūgillātio, -ōnem, sugg-, n. of action f. sūgillāre (see sugill). So F.]
1. † Beating black and blue (obs.); Med. a livid or black-and-blue mark; a bruise; ecchymosis.
| 1623 Cockeram, Sugillation, a beating blacke and blew. 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xii. i. (1678) 293 There are divers sorts of these Sugillations or blacknesses. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Sugillation,..the blood-shot of an eye. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. v. 139 A Cataplasm, often in one night, takes away the Sugillation. 1743 tr. Heister's Surg. (1768) 105 Red, black, and livid Spots, which we call a Sugillation. 1836–7 Lancet II. 181/2 Sugillation coming on after death is always confined to a dependent part. 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex., Sugillation, term for the mark left by a leech, or cupping-glass; also, for those livid spots of various size noticed on dead bodies. |
† 2. Defamation. Obs. rare—1.
| 1654 Warren Unbelievers c ij b, In this suggillation of his, to make his brethren odious. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Sugillation,..reproach, slander. |