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liquate, v.|ˈlaɪkweɪt|
[f. L. liquāt-, ppl. stem of liquāre to melt, cogn. w. liquor liquor.]
†1. trans. To make liquid, cause to flow. Also intr., to become liquid, melt.
1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 69 Disenteries, which grating upon the tender tunicles thereof, liquates the blood from them..; at every tormenting liquation puts nature upon the rack. a1728Woodward Nat. Hist. Fossils (1729) I. i. 10 If the Salts be not drawn forth before the Clay is baked, they..are apt to liquate afterwards. Ibid. 19 Being wet,..the Salts liquating, it becomes soft like Marle.
2. Metallurgy. To liquefy metals in order to separate them or to free them from impurities. Also to liquate out.
1864in Webster. 1874Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 424 A liquation-furnace, used for liquating the bullion, in order to free it from such impurities as may not have been eliminated in its passage through the lead-softening furnace. 1882T. E. Thorpe in Nature XXVI. 172 Heating disintegrated suet..when a clear yellow oil is (to borrow a term of the metallurgists) ‘liquated out’.
Hence ˈliquated ppl. a., ˈliquating vbl. n.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 700 A Bath promotes the flowing of the Blood, liquating of it. 1874Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 483 The liquated lead is completely desilverized. |