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Webster 1913 Edition

Distriction

Dis-tric′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
districtio
a stretching out.]
Sudden display; flash; glitter.
[R.]
A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest
distriction
.
Collier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Distriction

DISTRICTION

,
Noun.
Sudden display. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024

distriction

distriction

English

Noun

distriction

  1. (obsolete) Sudden display; flash; glitter.
    A smile […] breaks out with the brightest distriction. — Collier.

Etymology

Latin districtio a stretching out.

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