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over the mouth of the veſſell wherein the ſharp ſpirits are.
H.
Hemectation, or Irrigation, is a ſprinkling of moiſture upon any thing.
I.
Imbibition, is when any dry body drinks in any moiſture that is put upon it.
Impregnation, is when any dry body hath drank in ſo much moiſture that it will admit of no more.
Incorporation, is a mixion of a dry and moiſt body together, ſo as to make a uniform maſſe of them.
Infuſion, is the putting of any hard matter into liquor, for the vertue thereof to be extracted.
Inſolation, is digeſting of things in the ſun.
L.
Levigation, is the reducing of any hard matter into a moſt fine powder.
Liquation, is a melting, or making anything fluid.
Lutation, is either the ſtoppings of the orifices of veſſels, that no vapor paſſe out, or the coating of any veſſell
to preſerve it from breaking in the fire.
M.
Maceration, is the ſame as digeſtion.
Maturation, is the exalting of a ſubſtance that is immature, and crude to be ripened, and concocted.
Menſtruum, is any Liquor that ſerves for the extracting the eſſence of any thing.
P.
Precipitation, is when bodies corroded by corroſive ſpirits either by the evaporating of the Spirits remaine in the bottome, or by pouring ſomething upon the ſpirit, as Oile of Tartar, or a good quantity of water, doe fall to the bottome.
Purification, is a ſeparation of any Liquor from its feces whether it be done by clarification, filtration, or digeſtion.
