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The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.

The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.

Maceration, soaking, especially of a crude drug to prepare it for further pharmaceutical operation.

A method pursued in making an extract from very hard bodies, like wood or hard fruit rinds, consisting of steeping them for 2 or 3 days in cold water before extracting them with hot water. [Lat.]