Obs. [ad. L. luctātiōn-em, n. of action f. luctāri to struggle.] Struggling, wrestling; an instance of this.
1651. Howell, Venice, 207. She [Venice] having clos’d in actuall luc[t]ation with that great Eastern Giant.
1660. trans. Amyraldus’ Treat. conc. Relig., I. vii. 121. The luctation and combate of reason against the corporeal appetites.
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 255. At Noonday we overcame an high mountain after a troublesome Luctation.
b. transf. Agitation due to chemical reaction. Also, a struggling for breath.
1678. Grew, Luctation, 6. Sometimes the Luctation begins presently upon mixture.
1693. J. Clayton, Acc. Virginia, in Misc. Cur. (1708), III. 351. The Swelling and Luctation at his Breast, was as if he would burst.
1693. Moulen, in Phil. Trans., XVII. 625. I pour’d good Spirit of Salt on a parcel of this Sand, but could observe no Luctation thereby produc’d.
