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Webster 1913 Edition


Deliquium

‖

De-liq′ui-um

,
Noun.
[L. See
Deliquiate
.]
1.
(Chem.)
A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition;
as, a salt falls into a
deliquium
.
[R.]
2.
A sinking away; a swooning.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
3.
A melting or maudlin mood.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deliquium

DELIQUIUM

,
Noun.
1.
In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place.
2.
A liquid state; as, a salt falls into a deliquium.
3.
In medicine, a swooning or fainting; called also syncope.