despumation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin despumatio: compare French despumation.
Noun edit
despumation (countable and uncountable, plural despumations)
- The act of throwing up froth or scum.
- Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “despumation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)