† deˈcoctor Obs. rare.
[a. L. dēcoctor, agent-n. f. dēcoquĕre to decoct.]
One who wastes or squanders; a ruined spendthrift.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 37 Wee..may worthily be accounted decoctors and prodigals, if we keepe not our Patrimony together. 1622 Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 224 The Ciuilians..haue attributed vnto this kind of people, the name of Decoctor..otherwise called disturbers or consumers of other mens goods in the course of trafficke. |