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noun

Extraction n.

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.

Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. "A family of ancient extraction."

That which is extracted; extract; essence. "They (books) do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them."

The extraction of roots. (Math.)

(a)

The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity.

(b)

The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.

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Etymology of 'Extraction'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Extraction" Quotes from Famous Books

... of holy tradition in The Desert. It is astonishing how all nations love to indulge their gloomy musings with monsters. The extraction of the Russians from Gog and Magog is a curiosity; but the Russians, (Moskou, such is their name here,) are looked upon as a species of monster, whose jaw is capacious enough to swallow up all the Turks, and the Sultan of the East. The Rais has the greatest dread of them, whose native soil ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

... of our Generals at sea, and our Companion elect of our Noble Order of the Garter. The contents of the letter is to show that the Kings of England have for many years made use of this honour, as a special mark of favour, to persons of good extraction and virtue (and that many Emperors, Kings and Princes of other countries have borne this honour), and that whereas my Lord is of a noble family, and hath now done the King such service by sea, at this time, as he hath done; he do send him this George and Garter to wear as ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... European settlement, at Kippakak, about five or six miles distant from Hopedale; and in April 1799, some of them for the first time paid the mission-station a visit. They were a father and son, who came with the design of buying tobacco from the brethren. They lived with some Christians of French extraction in the southern settlements, and had been baptized by a French priest. All the Esquimaux immediately gathered round the strangers, and eyed them as objects of jealous curiosity. The old man appeared exceedingly alarmed at this, and was extremely glad when the brethren invited him and ...

— The Moravians in Labrador • Anonymous

... traces of his tropical extraction in his nature, and his caution and reserve would have made him disposed to wait at least until his book were safe in the haven of printer's ink before confessing that he ...

— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey

... brine, salted or smoked, bacon, hams, and meats preserved in cans, in lard or by extraction of air, jerked ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison

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