Definition of coction

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Coction (n.) Act of boiling.

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Shell :: Shell (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc..
Treacle :: Treacle (n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like..
Excoction :: Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..
Weaken :: Weaken (v. t.) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
Ptisan :: Ptisan (n.) A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Down :: Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
Decocture :: Decocture (n.) A decoction.
Eupepsy :: Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
Tea :: Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage..
Chica :: Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.
Extract :: Extract (n.) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark..
Recoction :: Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
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