[as if ad. L. *lancinātiōn-em, n. of action f. lancināre to LANCINATE.] The action of lancinating; cutting, lancing.
1630. Donne, Serm., xiii. 132. Every Sin is an Incision of the Soule, a Lancination, a Phlebotomy.
a. 1670. Hacket, Cent. Serm., 241. He took upon him to cure us … by cutting and lancination.
b. transf. A cutting into, an indentation.
1650. Fuller, Pisgah, II. V. xii. 164. Undoubtedly Judah his portion made many incisures and lancinations into the Tribe of Simeon, hindering the entireness thereof.
c. fig. Piercing pain; acute agony.
1649. Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., I. Exhortation § 15. With what affections and lancinations of spirit, with what effusions of love, Jesus prayed.
1669. Address to Hopeful Young Gentry England, 62. It [Love] breaks in upon you withal the noise tumult and lancination of distracted passions.
