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noun
Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A snare; a trap.
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noun
The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.
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History
From Latin illaqueare + -ation.
