arietation
nounEtymology From Latin arietātiō, from arietāre, from ariēs.
1
Obsolete The use of a battering ram, or similar.
- the strength of the percussion , wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
2
Figuratively, Obsolete The act of striking, attacking or conflicting.
- tumultuary motions, cross thwartings, and arietations of other particles, especially when for one way of hitting right, there are thousands of missing1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
- Related terms
- Aries, arietiform, arietine