PERCOLATE
Per"co*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percolated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Percolating.] Etym: [L. percolatus, p.p. of percolare to percolate;
per through + colare to strain.]
Defn: To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. Sir M. Hale.
PERCOLATE
Per"co*late, v. i.
Defn: To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
PERCOLATION
Per`co*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. percolatio.]
Defn: The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
PERCOLATOR
Per"co*la`tor, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, filters. "[Tissues] act as percolators." Henfrey.
PERCOMORPHI
Per`co*mor"phi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. perca perch + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.