Succussation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Succussation \Suc`cus*sa"tion\, n. [L. succussare to jolt, v.
     intens. fr. succutere, succussum, to fling up from below, to
     toss up; sub under + quatere to shake.]
     1. A trot or trotting. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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     2. A shaking; succussion.
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