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oenanthic (medicine)


oenanthic
<chemistry> Having, or imparting, the odour characteristic of the bouquet of Wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old Wine. Cf. Oenanthylic. Oenanthic acid, an acid obtained from oenanthic ether by the action of alkalies. Oenanthic ether, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of Wine) found in Wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odour, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of Wine. See Essential oil, under Essential.

Origin: Gr. The first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; the vine + bloom, flower.

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concoct (iou)



concoct verb. Pa. pple concocted, concoct. M16.
[Latin concoct- pa. ppl stem of concoquere lit. 'cook together', formed as CON- + coquere cook.]
verb trans. Digest (Food): see CONCOCTION noun. M16-E19.
a. verb trans. Refine, purify (metals, minerals, etc.) by the action of heat. M16-M19.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Cook, bake, boil; undergo Cooking. L16-M19.
verb trans. & intrans. Ripen, bring or come to maturity. L16-E19.
b. verb trans. Produce naturally, secrete. E17-M18.
verb trans. Prepare (esp. a soup, a drink) from a variety of ingredients. L17.
M. Mitchell Eating..the dessert concocted by Mammy from corn meal and dried huckleberries. J. B. Morton An Indian..concocted the foulest smell on earth to drive the snake out.
verb trans. Devise or make up (a story, scheme, etc.) by elaborate or concerted planning; fabricate. L18.
C. Thirlwall The whole project, concocted with such elaborate preparations. T. Dreiser He would have to concoct some excuse.
concocter, concoctor noun M17.
concoctive adjective (a) digestive; (b) pertaining to the concoction of a mixture, a story, etc.: L16.