elixation

noun3

1. •
   (no longer used) Boiling, stewing.
2. •
   (no longer used) Boiling in order to produce an elixir
3. •
   (no longer used) Digestion (in the stomach).

   • Elixation is the seething of meat in the stomach, by the said natural heat, as meat s boiled in a pot; to which corruption or putrefaction is opposite. — 2001