† deliˈquation Obs.
[n. of action f. prec.: see -ation.]
The process of deliquating; deliquescence.
| 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 264 Sometimes digestion needful is, and deliquation too. Ibid. 270 Deliquation is the liquation of a concrete (as salt, powder calcined, &c.) set in an humid and frigid place..that it flow, having a watery form. 1657 in Phys. Dict. |