"irroration" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From irrorate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irrorations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "irroration (plural irrorations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "irrorate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1638, William Rawley, History of Life and Death, translation of original by Francis Bacon:",
          "text": "Generally, to the irroration of the body much use of sweet things is profitable, as of sugar, honey, sweet almonds, pineapples, pistachios, dates, raisins of the sun, corans, figs, and the like.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sprinkling or wetting with dew."
      ],
      "id": "en-irroration-en-noun-Sab67lHD",
      "links": [
        [
          "dew",
          "dew#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A sprinkling or wetting with dew."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Entomology",
          "orig": "en:Entomology",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropodology",
            "Zoology",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907, L. Colonel, C.T. Bingham, The Fauna Of British India, page 239:",
          "text": "Underside: ground-colour similar, both fore and hind wings with extensive irroration of black scale which varies considerably in amount: in some specimens it is very dense and gives a glackish tint to the ground-colour, especially on the hind wing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1952, Alexey Diakonoff, Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, page 100:",
          "text": "Black, markings formed by pale blue glossy irroration; markings white on costal edge.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, J. F. Clarke, Exotic microlepidoptera, page 32:",
          "text": "[…] costa with whitish strigulæ separated by dark fuscous or blackish irroration […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops."
      ],
      "id": "en-irroration-en-noun-VJrH9uyy",
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "dew drops",
          "dew drop#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly entomology) Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "irroration"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From irrorate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irrorations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "irroration (plural irrorations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "irrorate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1638, William Rawley, History of Life and Death, translation of original by Francis Bacon:",
          "text": "Generally, to the irroration of the body much use of sweet things is profitable, as of sugar, honey, sweet almonds, pineapples, pistachios, dates, raisins of the sun, corans, figs, and the like.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sprinkling or wetting with dew."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dew",
          "dew#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A sprinkling or wetting with dew."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Entomology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907, L. Colonel, C.T. Bingham, The Fauna Of British India, page 239:",
          "text": "Underside: ground-colour similar, both fore and hind wings with extensive irroration of black scale which varies considerably in amount: in some specimens it is very dense and gives a glackish tint to the ground-colour, especially on the hind wing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1952, Alexey Diakonoff, Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, page 100:",
          "text": "Black, markings formed by pale blue glossy irroration; markings white on costal edge.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, J. F. Clarke, Exotic microlepidoptera, page 32:",
          "text": "[…] costa with whitish strigulæ separated by dark fuscous or blackish irroration […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "dew drops",
          "dew drop#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly entomology) Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "irroration"
}