expiscation noun1 •(figurative, no longer used) 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 — 1601 formsexpiscations
