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English Dictionary: Fulguration by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulguration \Ful"gu*ra`tion\, n. [L. fulguratio: cf. F.
      fulguration.]
      1. The act of lightening. [R.] --Donne.
  
      2. (Assaying) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of
            gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or
            copper leaves its surface; -- also called {blick}.
  
                     A phenomenon called, by the old chemists,
                     fulguration.                                       --Ure.
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