† exˈcoction Obs. rare.
[ad. late L. excoctiōn-em, n. of action f. excoquĕre: see excoct.]
The action of extracting or elaborating by heat.
| 1640 G. Wats tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. v. ii. 228 In the excoctions and depurations of Metalls it is a familiar error, that to advance excoction, they augment the heate of the Fornace. 1715 tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. II vii. 316 There are other Things, which are not as yet found out, as..Excoction of the thinnest Waters. |