Decanting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decant \De*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decanted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Decanting}.] [F. d['e]canter (cf. It. decantare), prop.,
     to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d['e]- (L. de) +
     OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See {Cant} an edge.]
     To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the
     sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to


     decant wine.
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