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▪ I. † coct, a. Obs.
[ad. L. coct-us pa. pple. of coquĕre to cook, ripen, digest, etc.]
1. Boiled.
2. Ripened.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 678 With barly coct and colde. 1497Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. A ij b, They bey more cocte & nourysshed by y⊇ sonne.
▪ II. † coct, v. Obs.
[f. L. coct- ppl. stem of coquĕre to cook, etc.: see prec.]
Hence cocted ppl. a.
1. trans. To boil.
1605B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii, When his physitians prescribe him (on paine of death), to drinke nothing but water, cocted with anise-seeds. 1624Middleton Game at Chess v. iii, With..flour and cocted wine.
2. To digest.
1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 243 A more strong stomach doth easily coct even the harder meats.
3. To bake (earthenware).
1662R. Mathew Unl. Alch. §27. 22 It did receive time and strength in cocting. 1678R. R[ussell] tr. Geber ii. i. 4. x. 106 A most solid and well cocted Earthen Vessel. |