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<hw>De*coct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decocted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decocting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>decoctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>decoquere</ets> to boil down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>coquere</ets> to cook, boil. See <er>Cook</er> to decoct.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Decoct</i> their cold blood."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Decoctible</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*coct"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being boiled or digested.</def>

<h1>Decoction</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*coc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82coction</ets>, L. <ets>decoctio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.</def>

<blockquote>In <b>decoction</b> . . . it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.</def>

<blockquote>If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the <b>decoction</b> of the plant. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In pharmacy <b>decoction</b> is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. <i>Latham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Decocture</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*coc"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A decoction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Decollate</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*col"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decollated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decollating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>decollatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>decollare</ets> to behead; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>collum</ets> neck.]</ety> <def>To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>decollated</b> head of St. John the Baptist. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Decollated</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*col"la*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.</def>

<h1>Decollation</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De`col*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decollatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82collation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.</def>

<h1>D\'82collet\'82</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>D\'82`col`le*t\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., p. p. of <ets>d\'82colleter</ets> to bare the neck and shoulders; <ets>d\'82-</ets> + <ets>collet</ets> collar, fr. L. <ets>collum</ets> neck.]</ety> <def>Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.</def>

<h1>Decolling</h1> <Xpage=377>