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▪ I. † exˈcoct, v. Obs.
[f. L. excoct- ppl. stem of excoquĕre, f. ex- out + coquĕre to boil, melt.]
1. trans. To produce, extract, or obtain (chiefly, a metal) by heat.
1601Holland Pliny II. 508 There is a stone..out of which..(with burning) they excoct brasse. 1626Bacon Sylva §843 Salt and sugar, which are excocted by Heat, are dissolved by Cold, and Moisture. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. iii. 56 A new Iron is excocted forth of them. 1755in Johnson.
b. To drive off by heat. In quot. fig.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 204/1 If [Becket]..through immoderat violence of zeale, did exceed..the same was excocted againe and purged by the fire of his suffring. 1651H. More in Enthus. Tri. (1656) 208 Put thy soul into a crysiple..and set it on that fire that will excoct and purge out thy drosse.
2. To drive off the moisture of; to elaborate, refine, mature, ripen.
1572J. Jones Bathes of Bath ii. 18 b, Arguinge an earthy dryenes, temperatly excocted, and not parched. 1576Newton tr. Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 179 Their head..is not of ability to excoct the nutriment into the use and comlinesse of haires. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 182 The Saliva..so excocted and viscid as to bring hazard of Suffocation. Ibid. 297 Bile..too much excocted..makes wild Mischief.
▪ II. † exˈcoct, pa. pple. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. excoct-us, pa. pple. of excoquĕre: see prec.]
Boiled thoroughly.
1576Newton tr. Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 173 An unsavory humour..which being excoct, settled..and fined from the dregges..is brought to the nature of pure and good Wine. |