▪ I. insection1
(ɪnˈsɛkʃən)
[n. of action f. L. insect-, ppl. stem of insecāre to cut into: cf. dissection.]
The action of cutting into, incision; division into sections; concr. an incision, division, indentation.
| 1653 Manton Exp. James i. 21 There must be insection before insition, meekness before ingrafting. 1676 Grew Anat. Flowers ii. App. §12 The Sides or Edges of the Leaf are..Insected deeply..or with shallow Insections. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxviii. III. 4 This character of insection or division into segments, more or less present in almost every insect. 1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 246/1 The insections or articulations of the body. |
▪ II. † insection2 Obs. rare—0.
[ad. L. insectio narration (Aulus Gellius), f. insecĕre (var. form of insequī to follow), ‘to pursue the narration, proceed, relate, declare’ (Lewis and Short).]
| 1623 Cockeram, Insection, a declaration, or long continuance. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Insection, a declaration, Treatise, or long continued talk. |