Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-PHLEG-MA'TION
DE-PHLEG'MA-TEDDE-PHLEG'MED-NESS
DE-PHLEG-MA'TION, n.
The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; called also concentration, particularly when acids are the subject. – Encyc.
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