SIDERA'TION, noun [Latin sideratio; sidero, to blast, from sidus, a star.] 1. A blasting or blast in plants; a sudden deprivation of sense; an apoplexy; a slight erysipelas. 2. A sphacelus, or a species of erysipelas, vulgarly called a blast.
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