† illiˈquation Chem. Obs.
[ad. L. type *illiquātiōn-em, f. il- (il-1) + liquātio melting, liquation.]
The melting or infusing of one substance into another.
| 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 271 Illiquation, is the commistion of terrene bodies with Metalline (as of Lapis cadmia with cuprum) but so as each retains his own substance. 1678 Phillips (ed. 4) List Barbarous Words, Illiquation, an Infusing dry things into liquid. |