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diffractio

diffractio [cf. CL diffractusp. ppl. ofdiffringere] , breaking (in pieces). Cf. diffactio. si vulnus eveniat alicui, sive menbri truncatione vel debilitatione vel ~one [vv. ll. defractione, diffactione] (Leg. Hen. 93. 1) GAS 609; 1387 super defraccione et pertricione salpetre (v. carbo 1f).

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