Obs. [n. of action f. L. coaxā-re to croak (f. Gr. κοάξ, used by Aristophanes to express the croaking of frogs) + -ATION. (Cf. F. coasser (16th c. coaxer) and coassement.)] The croaking of frogs.
1645. Featly, Dippers Dipt, 227 (T.). I hope we shall see no more of their Frog-galliards, nor hear of their harsh croaking and coaxation either in the Pulpit or the Presse.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., 239. The … harsh and disharmonious coaxations of frogs.
1696. J. Edwards, Demonstr. Exist. & Provid. God, I. 189. The coaxation of frogs.
