ELUTRIATE
\ɪljˈuːtɹɪˌe͡ɪt], \ɪljˈuːtɹɪˌeɪt], \ɪ_l_j_ˈuː_t_ɹ_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]\
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To purify by washing and straining off or decanting the liquid from the substance washed: to cleanse: as, to elutriate ores. "Elutriating the blood as it passes through the lungs."-Arbuthnot.
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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