Entry: decoct (v.)
In context: "Pemulis's snort sounds like the letter K. 'Get a large economy-size clue, Axhandle. Nobody here'd have any clue what they'd even be dealing with. Not to mention be willing to pay what they're worth. Why, there are pharmaceutical museums, left-wing think tanks, New York designer-drug consortiums I'm sure'd be dying to dissect these. Decoct like. Toss into the spectrometer and see what's what."
Definition: 1. To boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling. Obs.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page:212
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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