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 Book.1.Of the Art of Ditillation. 11 over the mouth of the veell wherein the harp pirits are. H. Hemectation, or Irrigation, is a prinkling of moiture upon any thing. I. Imbibition, is when any dry body drinks in any moiture that is put upon it. Impregnation, is when any dry body hath drank in o much moiture that it will admit of no more. Incorporation, is a mixion of a dry and moit body together, o as to make a uniform mae of them. Infuion, is the putting of any hard matter into liquor, for the vertue thereof to be extracted. Inolation, is digeting of things in the un. L. Levigation, is the reducing of any hard matter into a mot fine powder. Liquation, is a melting, or making anything fluid. Lutation, is either the toppings of the orifices of veels, that no vapor pae out, or the coating of any veell to preerve it from breaking in the fire. M. Maceration, is the ame as digetion. Maturation, is the exalting of a ubtance that is immature, and crude to be ripened, and concocted. Mentruum, is any Liquor that erves for the extracting the eence of any thing. P. Precipitation, is when bodies corroded by corroive pirits either by the evaporating of the Spirits remaine in the bottome, or by pouring omething upon the pirit, as Oile of Tartar, or a good quantity of water, doe fall to the bottome. Purification, is a eparation of any Liquor from its feces whether it be done by clarification, filtration, or digetion. C2Putre-