decrepitatev.
/dɪˈkrɛpɪteɪt/ 1. transitive. To calcine or roast (a salt or mineral) until it no longer crackles in the fire.
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calcinec1386
calcinate1559
calcinize1606
cupel1644
decrepitate1646
scorify1755
cupellate18..
retort1850
liquate1864
star1886
zone-refine1962
zone level1974
zone-melt1982
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 87 And so will it come to passe in a pot of salt, although decrepitated.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies viii. 125 A pound of Dantzick Vitriol and a pound of Sea Salt, after the former had been very lightly calcined, and the latter decrepitated.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. xi. 379 Decrepitate them, i.e. dry them till they crack, in a pan, crucible, or clean fire-shovel.
1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass 82 The salt purified and decrepitated,—that is, subjected to the action of heat until all crackling noise has ceased.
2. intransitive. Of salts and minerals: To make a crackling noise when suddenly heated, accompanied by a violent disintegration of their particles.This is owing to the sudden conversion into steam of the water enclosed within the substance, or, as in some natural minerals, to the unequal expansion of the laminæ which compose them. Watts Dict. Chem.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle
brastlec1000
rashetOE
spranklea1387
sprinklea1398
graislea1522
crash1563
crackle?1570
crick-crackle1608
decrepitate1677
crump1789
happer1825
crumple1837
crickle1849
crick-crack1850
crepitate1853
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 54 Put in the fire, it presently decrepitates with no less noise than salt itself.
1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 331 If transparent calcareous spar be exposed to a sudden heat, it decrepitates and loses its transparency.
1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) v. 324 note It decrepitates..but does not fuse.
Derivatives
deˈcrepitated adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > calcined
calcined1583
calcinated1606
calcinate1610
decrepitated1765
fritted1879
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > refined > in specific way
calcined1583
calcinated1606
calcinate1610
concocted1647
cupelled1755
decrepitated1765
zone-levelled1956
zone-refined1956
1765 Universal Mag. 37 84/2 I..take equal parts of decrepitated salt and nitre.
deˈcrepitating n. and adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > refining > methods of
calcinationc1386
calciningc1386
liquation1471
fulmination1617
cupelling1644
decrepitating1662
decrepitation1669
fulguration1676
concentration1689
cupellationa1691
scorification1755
affination1851
thermite process1905
zone melting1952
zone refining1952
zone levelling1953
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > crackling
crackling1567
decrepitating1819
crinkly1826
splintering1828
crumpling1854
crepitant1855
crackly1859
crickling1873
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §101. 165 Let thy salt stand meanly red til it wil crack no more, and that is called decrepitating.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad v. 53 Decrepitating salts with fury crack.
1874 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 6) 304 A brilliant combustion, attended with a decrepitating noise.
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