Obs. [a. F. jectigation ‘wagging, shrugging’ (Cotgr.), f. med.L. jectigāre, f. jact-, ject-, ppl. stem of L. jacĕre to throw.] A wagging, a tremulous movement.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xix. 159. With various Jectigation of his Fingers, and other Gesticulations. Ibid., III. xlv. 370. Shrugging of the Shoulders, and Jectigation of the whole Body.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Jectigation, a Trembling or Palpitation felt in the Pulse of a sick Person.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., [as a term anciently used]…: jectigation.
