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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERCOLATION

n.The act of straining or filtering; filtration; the act of passing through small interstices, as liquor through felt or a porous stone. Percolation is intended for the purification of liquors.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERCOLATION

Per `co *la "tion, n. Etym: [L. percolatio.]

Defn: The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

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