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▪ I. † deˈcoct, n. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. dēcoct-um n., prop. neuter of pa. pple. dēcoct-us: see next.]
A decoction.
1551Turner Herbal i. (1568) O ij a, To gyue the decoct or broth of it wyth wyne vnto nurses, when they want mylke.
▪ II. † deˈcoct, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. dēcoct-us, pa. pple. of dēcoqu-ĕre to boil down or away. In earlier use, both as pple. and adj., than decoct v., after the introduction of which this continued for some time as its pa. pple., till gradually superseded by the regular decocted.]
1. Decocted; subjected to heat; digested, etc.: see the verb.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 650 Puls decoct and colde. 1505Fisher Penit. Ps. Wks. (1876) 177 The hete of thy charyte whereby we may be decocte and made harde as stones. 1533Elyot Cast. Helth (1541) 9 a, Matter decocte or boyled in the stomacke. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde ii. vi. (1634) 122 Wine in which is decoct Motherwort. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 434 The root decoct in water purgeth Flegm and Choller.
2. Bankrupt. [L. dēcoquĕre to run through one's estate, become bankrupt.]
1529Wolsey To Ambassadors at Rome (MS. Cott. Vit. B. xi. f. 83), The banker of Venice, to whom ye wer assigned by Anthony Viualde for viijm ducates is decoct.
▪ III. decoct, v.|dɪˈkɒkt|
[f. decoct ppl. a. or L. dēcoct-, ppl. stem of dēcoqu-ĕre to boil down or away, f. de- I. 3 b + coquĕre to boil, cook.]
†1. To boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling. Obs.
1538Leland Itin. IV. 111 The Wychmen use the Commodity of their Sault Springes in drawinge and decocting the Water of them onely by 6 Monthes in the Yeare. 1548Vicary Englishm. Treas. (1626) 177 Let all these be decocted to the forme of a Syrope. 1620Venner Via Recta (1650) 141 This being the third time diluted and decocted.
fig.a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) I. ii. 7 A Proverb is much matter decocted into few words.
†2. fig. To diminish, consume, waste. Obs. [So L. dēcoquĕre.]
1629N. Carpenter Achitophel iii. 54 To haue decocted his fortunes and an ancient family. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 130 Had he wasted and decocted his Treasure in luxury and riot. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 I. 123 When the predominant vanities of the age are somewhat decocted.
†3. To prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, cook. Obs.
c1420[see decoct ppl. a.]. 1547Boorde Brev. Health cccxxxv. 108 b, As the fyre doth decocte the meates and the broth in the pot, so doth the liuer vnder the stomake decoct the meat in mannes body. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 66 Flesh is decocted at the fire on a spit.
†b. transf. To warm up, as in cooking. Obs.
1599Shakes. Hen V, iii. v. 20 Can sodden Water..Decoct their cold blood to such valiant heat?
†4. To digest in the stomach. (Regarded as a kind of cooking; cf. concoct v. 4.) Also fig.
1533[see decoct ppl. a.]. 1542Boorde Dyetary ix. (1870) 250 A surfyt is whan..the lyuer, whiche is the fyre vnder the potte..can not naturally nor truely decocte, defye, ne dygest, the superabundaunce of meate & drynke the whiche is in the potte or stomacke. 1547[see prec.]. 1592Davies Immort. Soul xii. ii. (1714) 64 There she decocts, and doth the Food prepare. 1608S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers' Reas. Refus. Subscription 121 More gredily disposed to devoure and swallowe..then to decocte and reteine.
†5. To prepare or mature (metals or mineral ores) by heat. (Pertaining to old notions of natural science: cf. concoct v. 2.) Obs.
1505[see decoct ppl. a.]. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. vi. (1660) 126 Metals are bodies imperfectly living, and are decocted in the veins of the Earth. 1653H. Cogan Diod. Sic. 231 The iron which is made of these stones decocted in furnaces, they divide into pieces.
†6. fig. To prepare, devise, concoct. Obs. rare.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iv. iii, What villanie are they decocting now? 1613T. Milles Treas. Aunc. & Mod. Times 718/1 A word to win Laughter must be quickly decocted, woorking upon some sudden and unexpected thing.
7. To boil so as to extract the soluble parts or principles; to prepare a decoction of.
1545[see decoct ppl. a.]. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 79/1 Decocte a vivificente Eele, in a pot of water, skimme therof the axungietye of the Eele, reserve the same, & let it stand a certayn time. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) 29 Young red Oaken leaves decocted in wine, make an excellent gargle for a sore mouth. 1743Lond. & Country Brew. ii. (ed. 2) 101 The common Way of infusing and decocting Herbs a long Time, is injurious to Health.
Hence deˈcocted ppl. a.
a1593Marlowe Ignoto, To do thee good, I'll freely spend my thrice-decocted blood [cf. concoction 1 b]. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle vi. 2770 Fine gellies of decocted sparrowes bones. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Sallet, Some few tops of the decocted Leaves may be admitted. |