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2 words match “DECREPITATE”

DECREPITATE v. 2 definitions

To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.

at. -- White salmon (Zoöl.), the silver salmon. -- White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. -- White scale (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii) injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under Orange. -- White shark (Zoöl.), a species of man-eating shark. See under Shark. -- White softeni…