Literary notes about Extraction (AI summary)
The word "extraction" is employed in literature with diverse meanings that range from denoting lineage to representing technical processes. In some contexts, it refers to a person's ancestry or social origin, as when a character’s background is key to understanding his status or identity ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In other contexts, the term is used in a more literal sense, describing the process of removal—whether that be the extraction of a tooth in a medical narrative ([5], [6]) or the extraction of flavors during coffee preparation ([7], [8], [9]). Authors also employ the word metaphorically to suggest the drawing out of an essence or emotion, thereby enriching the narrative with layers of meaning ([10]).
- She was his lawful wife; but, according to the style of the Hebrews, is called concubine, because of her servile extraction.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Equal to her in nature and age and extraction, Nala deserveth the daughter of Vidarbha, and this damsel of black eyes also deserveth him.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - Such a living fact decisively proves his foreign extraction.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - No one colony in America is supposed to contain so great a number of people of European extraction.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - The ancients regarded tooth extraction as an operation to [Pg 137] be avoided wherever possible.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - It is not impossible that the extraction of teeth was sometimes destined to produce effects of this sort.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - Infusion is the process of steeping—extraction without boiling.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - However, extraction is rather incomplete, due to lack of thorough admixture of the water and coffee.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - On this account, coffee should be ground immediately before extraction if maximum efficiency is to be obtained.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - There are men who toil at extracting gold; he toiled at the extraction of pity.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
