'Colliquation' definitions:

Definition of 'Colliquation'

From: GCIDE
  • Colliquation \Col`li*qua"tion\, n.
  • 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Med.) 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.] [1913 Webster]

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