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" AFFUSION  (AFFU'SION)   n.s.[affusio, Lat.]The act of pouring one thing upon another. Upon the affusion of a tincture of galls, it immediately became as black as ink.Grew’sMusæum. "

Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One


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Samuel Johnson quote : AFFUSION  (AFFU'SION)   n.s.[affusio, Lat.]The act of pouring one thing upon another. Upon the affusion of a tincture of galls, it immediately became as black as ink.Grew’sMusæum.