The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colation
Colation \Co*la"tion\, n. [See Colander.] The act or process of straining or filtering. [R.]
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colation
n. The act of straining or filtering; filtration
Usage examples of "colation".
He hoped that there was no offence,--thought it might have been mutooally agreeable, conclooded he would give up the idee of a colation, and backed himself out as if unwilling to expose the less guarded aspect of his person to the risk of accelerating impulses.