"expiscation" meaning in All languages combined

See expiscation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: expiscations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} expiscation (countable and uncountable, plural expiscations)
  1. (archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing. Tags: archaic, countable, formal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-expiscation-en-noun-E4CUCVh2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1601, George Chapman, Peristeros, or the Male Turtle:",
          "text": "All thy worth, yet, thy selfe must Patronise,\nBy quaffing more of the Castalian Head;\nIn expiscation of whose Mysteries,\nOur Netts must still be clogd, with heauy Lead,\nTo make them sincke, and catche",
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        }
      ],
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        "The act of expiscating; fishing."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "formal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "expiscation"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "The act of expiscating; fishing."
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        "(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing."
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