Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAC-ER-A'TION
MAC'ER-A-TINGMACE-REED, or REED-MACE
MAC-ER-A'TION, n.
- The act or the process of making thin or lean by wearing away, or by mortification.
- The act, process or operation of softening and almost dissolving by steeping in a fluid. The saliva serves for the maceration and dissolution of this meat into chyle. Ray.
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