01 n. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
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A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.“When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call “glass”.” — Boyle.
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A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.(Med.) [Obs.]