Definition of coction

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

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Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine..
Drink :: Drink (n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions..
Decocture :: Decocture (n.) A decoction.
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..
Tea :: Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage..
Tea :: Tea (n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea..
Apozemical :: Apozemical (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction..
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..
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
Recoction :: Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
Decoction :: Decoction (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
Excoction :: Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.
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.) Act of boiling.
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..
Chica :: Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
Eupepsy :: Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
Apozem :: Apozem (n.) A decoction or infusion.
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