Meanings of decoct in English

Makepeace had said they knew well how to decoct a dose that would not poison.

This, as I was saying, is the key of my cell, where I decoct the liquor for which this house is famous.

Oh, they know how to decoct so as to bring on the visions they seek to have, short of a killing dose.

The mandarin is decocted from the crop of oranges grown in my Borneo orchard.

And then he proceeded with circumspection and dignity to demonstrate the process of decocting that mysterious beverage.

Other applied preparations mentioned with decreasing frequency were decocts, syrups, tinctures, direct application of the plant material without prior preparation and finally macerations.

Make a good Decoct of Eglantine-leaves, Cowslip flowers, a little Sweet-marjoram, and some Rosemary and Bay-leaves, Betony, and Scabious, and a little Thyme.

Surrounding it were burnt scraps of linen-thebag into which Roger had been decocting the gunpowder when Daniel had set fire to it.