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Decocture :: Decocture (n.) A decoction.

Tea :: Tea (n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea..

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

Tea :: Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage..

Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..

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

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..

Coction :: Coction (n.) Act of boiling.

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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..

Decoction :: Decoction (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

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

Shell :: Shell (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc..

Inconcoction :: Inconcoction (n.) The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity.

Coction :: Coction (n.) Digestion.

Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

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