Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To boil out; extract by boiling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To boil out; to produce by boiling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
extract a material byboiling
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reesetee commented on the word excoct
(Obsolete) Boiled thoroughly.
October 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word excoct
You mean, like excocted tripe, or something?
This word gives disgusting mouthfeel.
October 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word excoct
It certainly does.
*rinses*
October 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word excoct
Well, here's a 1576 quote: "An unsavory humour . . . which being excoct, settled . . . and fined from the dregges . . . is brought to the nature of pure and good Wine."
The verb form means: 1. a. trans. To produce, extract, or obtain (chiefly, a metal) by heat. b. To drive off by heat. 2. To drive off the moisture of; to elaborate, refine, mature, ripen.
Sorry I had to use the M-word.
October 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word excoct
You mean moisture? That one's not as bad as its shorter sibling.
Thanks for the usage. I guess to get pure and good Wine, having to excoct isn't so bad. Especially if you can rinse with the pure and good Wine.
October 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word excoct
*rinses again*
October 9, 2008