(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:20:54

E*ma`ci*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. 'emaciation.]

1.

The act of making very lean.

2.

The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

 

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