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Definition of Decanting
1. decant [v] - See also: decant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decanting
Literary usage of Decanting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"... into a well-stoppered bottle, and let it stand eight days in a dark, cool place.
The tincture is then separated by decanting, straining and filtering. ..."
2. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia by Boericke & Tafel (1883)
"The tincture is then separated by decanting, straining and filtering. Drug power
of tincture, i. Dilutions must be prepared as directed under Class III. ..."
3. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (1904)
"The tincture is then separated by decanting, straining and filtering. Drug power
of tincture, L Dilutions must be prepared as directed under Class III. ..."
4. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"FLOATING AHM FOR Decanting EFFLUENT FROM TANKS. There are a number of variations
of these three systems, but none of them .are important enough to justify ..."
5. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"Surely, you'd think, the second category describes decanting. ... Besides selling
expensive crystal and impressing people, decanting really improves certain ..."
6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"... it with rectified spirit, allowing it to stand for some hours decanting from
the sediment, and evaporating to a prope consistence. (To Ъа continued. ..."
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