jactation

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“The projicient hath the stone in his hand, and with force⟳ and violence throws his arm, with which jactation the stone doth not move⟳ so much as the circumambient Air.”

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