† excoctionn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of extracting or elaborating by heat.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > maturing or extracting by heat
decoction1430
excoction1640
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > extraction from ore > smelting
roastingc1350
reducing?a1425
smelting1531
trying1630
excoction1640
reduction1666
eliquation1741
roast1870
beneficiation1881
1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning v. ii. 228 In the excoctions and depurations of Metalls it is a familiar error, that to advance excoction, they augment the heate of the Fornace.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. vii. 316 There are other Things, which are not as yet found out, as..Excoction of the thinnest Waters.
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