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decoction (c.1240)
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decoction (c.1240)

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decoccion,  decoccium,  decocciun,  decocsion,  decotiun  
  FEW:  decoctio 3,26a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  decoction 9,283a TL: decoccïon 2,1257 DEAF:  decoccion  DMF:  décoction  TLF:  décoction  OED:  decoction n.  MED:  decoccioun n.  DMLBS:  decoctio 579a

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1culin.med.coction, completion of cooking: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E quant il serra quit, si l’ostez del fu. Ceo est le signe de la decoctiun  A-N Med i 71
( MS: c.1300 )  quant il ert mué de blanc en jaune, signe est de parfaite decoction  Pop Med 326.1
2decoction, liquid: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  lava les chevouz [...] de cel decocciun  Orn Dames 205
3med.digestion: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (in the stomach) le manger receu bien en est quit E par la decoctiun ert bien desfit  Secr abernun 1815

See also:

coctiun 
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