delinition means A smearing. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Latin delinere (“to smear”). See liniment.
noun
- A smearing.“The Delinition alſo of the Infant's Ears and Noſtrils with the Spittle of the Prieſt may ſometimes ſtrike harſhly upon the ſpirits of the more delicate; but it makes much for the opinion of his Sanctity, vvhoſe ſpumeous excrement is of ſo ſacred a virtue, and vvill gain alſo the prayers of all the vvomen in the Tovvn, that he may ever be an hail and ſound man.”