elutriatev.
/ɪˈl(j)uːtrɪeɪt/ transitive. To decant; to strain out; to purify by straining: in Chemistry to separate the lighter from the heavier particles of a pulverulent mixture by washing.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Elutriated, poured out of one vessel into another.
1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies The alteration..must produce some difference in elutriating the blood as it passes through the lungs.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (1877) 76 Chalk reduced to a very fine powder and elutriated.
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