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elutriation

  • a word derived from elutriate.
    elutriate
    verb (used with object)
    to purify by washing and straining or decanting.

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Morasses in great length of time undergo variety of changes, first by elutriation, and afterwards by fermentation, and the consequent heat.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin

The third elutriation seems to consist of vegetable acid, which by means unknown appears to be converted into all other acids.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin

Here is where elutriation comes in, Tom; and here you see the use of some of the things I brought back from London the other day.

From The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam by George Manville Fenn

It is contained in the cellular tissue of the stem, and is separated by bruising and elutriation.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

It is principally from the starch of the bitter cassava that tapioca is prepared by elutriation and granulating on hot plates.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds