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APPENDIX<br />

but y~ heet is meane without excesse/ therfore it is put in no<br />

degre. Golde is made of a vayne of y=e= erthe by decoccion or<br />

meltynge (...). Anonymous, Newe.<br />

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Nominalization Decussation<br />

Base<br />

< Latin decussātiōn-em, n. of action < decussāre (to decuss)<br />

Definition OED Decussation n. 1. a. Crossing (of lines, rays, fibres, etc.) so<br />

as to form a figure like the letter X; intersection.<br />

Earliest attestation 1656 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

(...) that these Electrical Rays if they may be so call’d being<br />

emitted several ways, and consequently crossing one another,<br />

thet into the pores of the Straw, or other light body to be<br />

attracted, and by means of their Decussation take the faster hold<br />

of it, and havee the greater force to carry it along with them,<br />

when they shrink back to the Amber whence they were emitted.<br />

Boyle, Magnetism.<br />

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Definition<br />

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Example<br />

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Defending<br />

Defend (v)<br />

The action of the verb defend: a. The warding off of attack, etc.<br />

Cf. also Defense n., in same sense.<br />

c1300 (OED)<br />

And heere to put you in memory, that you must bee very carefull<br />

and circumspect in defending the partes round about the sayd<br />

Tumors, for feare as I haue said that your Cautery doe run and<br />

spread too farre abroad: (...). Clowes, Artificiall.<br />

1 (verbal gerund)<br />

Nominalization Defense<br />

Base<br />

Middle English defens, < Latin dēfensum (thing forbidden,<br />

defended, etc.). n. use of past participle of dēfendĕre (to defend)<br />

Definition OED Defense n. The action of defending, in the various senses of<br />

the verb. Cf. Defending n., in same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation a1513 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

A boke, or counseill against the disease commonly called the<br />

sweate, or sweatyng sicknesse. Made by Jhon Caius doctour in<br />

phisicke. Uery necessary for everye personne and much requisite<br />

to be had in the handes of al sortes, for their better instruction,<br />

preparation and defence, against the soubdein comyng, and<br />

fearful assaultyng of the same disease. Caius, Sweatyng.<br />

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Definition<br />

< Old French de–, def–, diffinicion (...) < dēfīnīre (to define)<br />

OED Definition n. 3. Logic, etc. The action of defining, or stating<br />

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