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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act or practice of throwing, as missile weapons.
  2. n. Agitation of the body from restlessness or for exercise; the exercise of riding in some kind of vehicle.
  3. n. Boasting; bragging.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by ilness; jactitation.
  2. n. The action of throwing.
  3. n. Boasting; bragging; showing off.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

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  • “Apparently, maceration is one of those words like "jactation" that sounds dirty but is actually quite technical-it refers to some type of esoteric fermentation process that infuses fruit with vodka.”

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  • “-- Fever may be accompanied by pain especially of the the head and loins; a sense of heaviness or general lassitude; deficiency of either secretion, or of all of them; dryness of skin; thirst; nausia; scanty and high colored urine; delirium; constipation; jactation; &c.”

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  1. uneasiness
  1. queasiness
  1. restlessness

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  • goatboy Restless tossing says it all really Jan 24, 2008

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