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Answer for the clue "Poured off gently ", 8 letters:
decanted

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vb. (en-past of: decant )

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Decant \De*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Decanting .] [F. d['e]canter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.] ...

Usage examples of decanted.

Over twelve thousand seven hundred children already, either decanted or in embryo.

Result: they're decanted as freemartins–structurally quite normal (except," he had to admit, "that they do have the slightest tendency to grow beards), but sterile.

He was all set to give me his room which he shared with Roadkill, his girlfriend, while they decanted to the loft, but on viewing the room and the state of the plaster on the walls, I suggested that the loft might be more suitable for me, as I could rig my hammock safely between two of the roof trusses.

She had been holding them at the ready, anxious to plug them into the car’s systems so that their data could be decanted and relayed back to Hal Watson.

They decanted Foyle from his tank, gave him a reviving shot and left him in the middle of the floor.

He slapped his tailor, ordered ten gallons of scent to be decanted into the pool, and was stricken with poetic inspiration.

Ten minutes ago I stood on a grid on Earth, and then I was decanted on Doona.

We'll swing out from Regulus toward Nekkar, picking up donations as we go, deliver them within the 4-week time limit when the fetuses must be either implanted or decanted, and swing around the Wheel until we do meet the quota.

Tired as he was, Thian decanted the bath into the cask, and replaced both in the storeroom.

It tastes as if it was decanted from the tank of the first long-range starship.

After each drawing, the blood was decanted into the great apprentice jars, then transported to the Hall and secured onto the cartwheel centrifuges.

From the smiles of those standing by the flasks of decanted wine, the Harper had no trouble guessing what was afoot.

They decanted ex-actly as planned, and in a few moments tactical displays began explaining, in their mechanical way, the situation.

Han pulled back on the levers, and the Falcon decanted as effortlessly as she ever had-in fact, more smoothly than usual.