[n. of action f. prec.: see -ATION.] Kicking. lit. and fig.
1652. A. Ross, Arcana Microc., 52. The birth of a child is caused partly by its calcitration.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., III. III. iii. (1853), 537.
1866. G. Macdonald, Ann. Q. Neighb., x. (1878), 181. There were signs of calcitration in the churchwarden, when he perceived whither I was leading him.
