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† cohoˈbation Old Chem.
Also 8 cohabation.
[n. of action f. cohobate.]
The operation of cohobating (see prec.); redistillation.
1605Timme Quersit. i. xiii. 57 If..the oylely liquor of his proper sulphur..be drawen forth with sundry cohobations and extillations. 1610B. Jonson Alch. ii. v. 1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 241 The sweet oyl of mercury..by cohobation with the fire of Hell (that is, the Alcahest) becomes volatile. 1754Lewis Platina in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 651 The cohobation was repeated four times, the distill'd liquor proving paler and paler every time. 1783Ibid. LXXIII. 28 In all these cases..more of the metal will be taken up by distillation and cohobation. |