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noun
- an extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down
- 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man In Deptford
- :Poley offered a hot of blackberries, saying: Peace?
- 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies
- :Witches and devils no longer threaten you and me. We don"t mind living next door to the harmless lady with her herb garden and still, her black cat and red hair.
Translations: - Italian: decotto
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Etymology: From décoction or decoctio (decoct-, past participle stem of decoquere "boil down", from de + coquere "cook").
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