[ad. L. ēliquātiōn-em, n. of action f. as prec.]
1. The action or process of converting into a liquid; liquefaction. Obs.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., 72. A meer putrefactive eliquation of the bloud.
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 180. The Eliquation … of … obstructing Phlegm.
1757. Phil. Trans., L. 136. Its eliquation indeed could not be so remarkable as in pure alum.
2. (See quots.) Cf. ELIQUATE 2.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Eliquation, in metallurgy, is a separation of the different parts of mixed bodies, by the different degrees of fire required to melt them.
1822. Imison, Sc. & Art, II. 224. To separate … a small quantity of silver from much copper…, the process called eliquation is resorted to.
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Eliquation, separating an alloy by heating it so as to melt the more fusible of its ingredients, but not the less fusible.
