elutriationn.
/ɪˌl(j)uːtrɪˈeɪʃən/ The action of elutriating.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > straining > [noun]
syingc1440
straining1548
colation1617
colature1657
elutriation1661
1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen in Phœnix (1721) I. 44 Matter—which after all its..Elutriations..in the Body, is not purged from the coarse Tincture it had from its Earthly Original.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 107 I repeted this elutriation or washing..till I found the water was no longer affected.
1770–4 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) I. 231 Twenty grains..gave, by elutriation, five grains of sand.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 17 The simple process of elutriation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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