† colliquamentn.
Obsolete. rare.
a. ‘The substance to which anything is reduced by being melted’ (Johnson); something melted, or of a more or less liquid consistence.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > [noun] > melted substance
meltings1558
colliquament1657
melt1854
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dd4v A Sinapism is seldome..adhibited..neither by way of tabel nor colliquament.
1731–90 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Colliquament, that which is melted.
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Colliquament.
b. ‘A term used by Harvey for the earliest embryo, from its want of consistence’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).‘An extremely transparent fluid observable in an egg after two or three days' incubation, which contains the rudiments of the chicken’ (Crabb Technol. Dict.).
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [noun] > types of at specific stage
colliquament1712
cleavage-cavity1879
placula1884
neoembryo1887
1712 tr. H. More Scholia Antidote Atheism 160 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) That part of the Egg, which they call the Eye, and the white colliquament out of which the young one is form'd.
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Colliquament.
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