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recoct, v.|rɪˈkɒkt| [f. L. recoct-, ppl. stem of recoquĕre: see re- and cook v.] trans. To boil or cook a second time; also fig. to vamp or furbish up anew. Hence reˈcocted ppl. a.
1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples 85 b, Recocted or two times sodden whay, is the best whay. 1605L. Hutten Aunswere 126 Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 542 If it yet appear too fluid, recoct it. 1687A. Lovell tr. Bergerac's Com. Hist. 64 So that the Sun recocted it once more. 1836Landor Peric. & Asp. xlviii. Wks. 1853 II. 373/2 He picked up all the arrows that were shot against him, recocted all the venom of every point [etc.]. So reˈcoction. (Cf. decoction.)
1749Phil. Trans. XLVI. 185 Its Recoction or Annealing deprives it of this Brittleness. 1847in Webster, and in recent Dicts. |