terebration

English

Etymology

Latin terebratio.

Noun

terebration (countable and uncountable, plural terebrations)

1. The act of terebrating, or boring through something.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “V. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     It hath been touched before , that terebration of trees doth make them prosper better . But it is found also , that it maketh the fruit sweeter and better

2. (medicine) A pain that feels like boring or drilling.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “terebration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)