Definition of "jactation" []

• A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by ilness; jactitation. (noun)
• The action of throwing. (noun)
• Boasting; bragging; showing off. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Apparently, maceration is one of those words like "jactation" that sounds dirty but is actually quite technical-it refers to some type of esoteric fermentation process that infuses fruit with vodka."
• "-- Fever may be accompanied by pain especially of the the head and loins; a sense of heaviness or general lassitude; deficiency of either secretion, or of all of them; dryness of skin; thirst; nausia; scanty and high colored urine; delirium; constipation; jactation; &c."