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present participle and gerund of decant examples
plural decantings
The process by which a liquid is decanted. quotations examples
I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]
1855, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow