1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
2. One who decants liquors.
DECAPHYLLOUS
De*caph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Pref. deca- + Gr. décaphylle.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having ten leaves.
DECAPITATE
De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decapitating.] Etym: [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- +
caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
DECAPITATION
De*cap`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [LL. decapitatio: cf. F. décapitation.]
Defn: The act of beheading; beheading.
DECAPOD
Dec"a*pod, n. Etym: [Cf. F. décapode.] (Zoöl.)