Obs. [as if ad. *L. ēmuscatiōn-em, n. of action f. ēmuscā-re to cleanse from moss, f. ē out + muscus moss.] The action of cleansing (the trunk of a tree) from moss. Also fig.
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1679), Advt., Let them read for emuscation, cleansing it of the moss.
1679. Plot, Staffordsh. (1686), 385. They cure it … by emuscation.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
