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EFFUSION

Volume 8 · 50 words · 1842 Edition

the pouring out of any liquid. In the ancient heathen sacrifices there were divers effusions of wine and other liquors, called libations.

or FUSION, in Astronomy, denotes that part of the sign Aquarius represented on celestial globes and planispheres by the water issuing out of the urn of the water-bearer.