exustion
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin exustio, from exurere, exustum (“to burn up”), from ex (“out”) + urere (“to burn”).
Noun
editexustion (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act or operation of burning up.
- 1748, William Lewis, The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh:
- The exustion, here directed to be performed in an open fire, is with an intent to dislodge the remaining oil from the hartshorn […]