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Catechu :: Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc..

Eupepsy :: Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.

Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.

Medium :: Medium (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength..

Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.

Decocture :: Decocture (n.) A decoction.

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..

Tinge :: Tinge (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron..

Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..

Ptisan :: Ptisan (n.) A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.

Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.

Excoction :: Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.

Apozemical :: Apozemical (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction..

Chica :: Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.

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..

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.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

Apozem :: Apozem (n.) A decoction or infusion.

Orgeat :: Orgeat (n.) A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles..

Recoction :: Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.

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