Thesaurus: colliquation

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1. n. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
2. n. A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.
3. 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call "glass". Boyle. 2. (Med.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [Obs.]
4. A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of theanimal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or morepassages. [Obs.]
5. n. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. n. A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.