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coˈlation [n. of action, f. L. cōlāre to strain: see colate and -ation.] The action of straining or passing through a strainer.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 269 Colation is the transmission of that which is humid thorow a strainer, that the liquor may be had separated from the dryer substance. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 50 Modes of preparation..as emollition, colation. 1678in Phillips; also in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts., but app. Obs. |