coining

1. (uncountable) A form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin.Synonyms: kerokan, gua sha

2. (countable, linguistics) A created word or phrase.Examples: "Poetry admits of greater latitude than proſe, which with reſpect to coining, or, at leaſt, new-compounding words; yet, even here, this liberty ſhould be uſed with a ſparing hand."; "Once we move into the Patristic period, there is undoubted evidence for new coinings of words (particularly compounds) as a response to the needs of the theological debates which occurred."; "Coinings or neologisms are words that have recently been created. […] True coinings, which are completely new words, are rather rare relative to the vast number of words we create by means of the other word formation processes."Synonyms: coinage, neologism