Eliquation

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

  Eliquation \El`i*qua"tion\, n. [L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to
     clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt.]
     (Metallurgy)
     The process of separating a fusible substance from one less
     fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the
     one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead;


     liquation. --Ure.
     [1913 Webster]