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(archaic, formal, usually figurative) The act of expiscating or searching for information; fishing..
All thy worth, yet, thy selfe must Patronise, By quaffing more of the Castalian Head; In expiscation of whose Mysteries, Our Netts must still be clogd, with heauy Lead, To make them sincke, and catche
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Expiscation means (archaic, formal, usually figurative) The act of expiscating or searching for information; fishing..
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All thy worth, yet, thy selfe must Patronise, By quaffing more of the Castalian Head; In expiscation of whose Mysteries, Our Netts must still be clogd, with heauy Lead, To make them sincke, and catche
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