insuccation
English
Etymology
From Latin insucare, insucatum (“to soak in”), from in- + succus, sucus (“sap”).
Noun
insuccation (plural insuccations)
- (obsolete) The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Coxe to this entry?)
- The medicating and insuccation of seeds. — Evelyn.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insuccation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- succination