maceration

• Beaujolais wine is produced by the winemaking technique of carbonic maceration (whole berry fermentation).
• After cold maceration, the grapes were fermented and given extended maceration.
• When the parts of the brain are disunited by maceration, these same small arteries, or lymphatic vessels, appear as very delicate threads throughout their whole length. —  Evolution, Old ; New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin
• Soapwort, coarsely ground 13 ounces Diluted alcohol, enough to make 1 gallon Extract the soapwort by maceration or percolation This is also intended for 80 gallons of liquor, preferably adding to the latter one-half gallon of simple sirup The ingredients of the above formulas, according to the "Manual of Beverages," are not injurious--not at least in the quantities required for "beading." —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898
• Fasting and maceration were prohibited; and, on the contrary, it was his duty suitably to nourish the body and to maintain its vigor, that his soul might be strong to resist the Genius of Darkness; that he might more attentively read the Divine Word, and have more courage to perform noble deeds And in the North of Europe the Druids taught devotion to friends, indulgence for reciprocal wrongs, love of deserved praise, prudence, humanity, hospitality, respect for old age, disregard of the future, temperance, contempt of death, and a chivalrous deference to woman. —  Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

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