COLLIQUATION

Noun

colliquation (countable and uncountable, plural colliquations)

The act of becoming liquid; melting.

(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.

Source: Wiktionary


Col`li*qua"tion, n.

1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call "glass". Boyle.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BODILY

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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