decoct

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This, as I was saying, is the key of my cell, where I decoct the liquor for which this house is famous.

From The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Pao-yü, on one hand, hastened to direct a servant to go and decoct them, and, on the other, he heaved a sigh.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

Thou hast taught him a secret, kinsman," said Giles Gosling, "to decoct, an that be the word, his pound into a penny and his webs into a thread.—Take a fool's advice, neighbour Goldthred.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

To take a cathart. powder every 4th morning, continuing the decoct.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William