Definition of coction

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

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Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Medium :: Medium (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength..
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.
Decocture :: Decocture (n.) A decoction.
Decoction :: Decoction (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
Eupepsy :: Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
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..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.
Excoction :: Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.
Coction :: Coction (n.) Digestion.
Apozem :: Apozem (n.) A decoction or infusion.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.
Decoction :: Decoction (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.
Coction :: Coction (n.) Act of boiling.
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