Definition of coction

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

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Ptisan :: Ptisan (n.) A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.
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..
Decoction :: Decoction (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.
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.) Act of boiling.
Medium :: Medium (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength..
Decoction :: Decoction (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.
Chica :: Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
Coction :: Coction (n.) 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..
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..
Excoction :: Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.
Tea :: Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage..
Recoction :: Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
Apozemical :: Apozemical (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction..
Weaken :: Weaken (v. t.) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..
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..
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