单词 | sagination |
释义 | sagination rare.|sædʒɪˈneɪʃən| [ad. L. sagīnātiōn-em, n. of action f. sagīnāre: see prec.] The action of fattening animals for food.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 81 After their labour which bringeth leannesse, they vse to put them [sc. oxen] by for sagination, or..for feeding. 1623[see prec.]. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 12 There are very many persons whose intellect will not submit to this priestly sagination. 1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 484 We see the greedy porker before us in all the glories of sagination. |

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