latration

1. (now rare) Barking, an instance of barking.Examples: "If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with ‘virus’, the ‘rabid animal’, and the ‘latration’ of the patient"; "But for this barrier, the theological Cerberus would find himself turning so few passengers from its gate, that he would soon, himself, weary of his wearisome latrations."; "What then must have been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?"archaic