† friˈation Obs.
[as if ad. L. *friātiōn-em, n. of action f. friāre to rub into small pieces.]
The action of rubbing or crumbling into small pieces.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Frication or Friation, a rubbing or fretting together. 1657 R. Turner Paracels. Chym. Transmut. 43 The first beginning of its Resolution is not Friation. 1743 Lond. & Country Brew. ii. (ed. 2) 139 By such Friation they are put into a Condition of imparting their Essence more freely to the Wort. |