Decoction definition

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decoctions
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An extract produced by decocting.
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A decocting or being decocted.
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An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
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decoction
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decoctions

Origin of decoction

  • From Old French decoccion, decoction, from Latin decoctiō, from decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō.

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Decoction Sentence Examples

  • A decoction of the buds in milk or whey is a common household remedy for scurvy; and the young shoots or green cones form an essential ingredient in the spruce-beer drank with a similar object, or as an occasional beverage.

  • The small twigs, tied in bundles, are boiled for some time in water with broken biscuit or roasted grain; the resulting decoction is then poured into a cask with molasses or maple sugar and a little yeast, and left to ferment.

  • Cochineal owes its tinctorial power to the presence of a substance termed cochinealin or carminic acid, C17H18010, which may be prepared from the aqueous decoction of cochineal.

  • The nuts are again boiled, and the inspissated juice of the second decoction yields a weaker catechu of a brown or reddish colour.

  • The American "essence of spruce," occasionally used in England for making spruce-beer, is obtained by boiling the shoots and buds and concentrating the decoction.

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