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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Colliquation \Col`li*qua"tion\, n.
1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
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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.
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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.]
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