Obs. rare. [ad. L. effossiōn-em, f. effoss-us, pa. pple. of effodĕre: see EFFODE.] The action of digging out (of the ground).
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 271. Its roots … after their effossion are cut and dryed.
c. 1714. Arbuthnot, etc. Mar. Scriblerus, I. i. in Pope’s Wks. (1886), X. 279. He … set apart several annual sums for … the effossion of coins.
1755. in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
