exantlation

English

Etymology

From exantlate +‎ -ation.

Noun

exantlation (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The action of drawing something out, as though from a well.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of Credulity and Supinity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 13:

     [T]ruth which wiſe men ſay doth lye in a Well, is not recoverable but by exantlation.

   • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section I. The Introduction.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 47:

     [...] I do not doubt to lay open by Untwisting or Unwinding, and either to draw up by Exantlation, or diſplay by Inciſion.