maceration
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The residues are sorted, ground and mixed with a maceration of gum arabic to facilitate ignition, and with clay to slow combustion.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
He described how there was a reddening of the skin around Noah's forehead as well as "extensive maceration and peeling" of his hands and feet.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
They are typically bottled and consumed in their youth, rarely ever aged in oak, and have a shorter maceration period with the red grape skins resulting in a lighter color.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
They leach into the wine during pressing, maceration and fermentation of the juice.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
Then he threw down his cowl and displayed his neck, long and thin and wasted by maceration and austerities, to the confusion of the misbelievers.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
