decanter

[Eng. decant; -er.] 1. One who decants liquors. 2. A large gla ve el used to contain wine which has been decanted from the lees, ., and from which it can be poured into the wine-gla es. dě-cănt'-ing, pr . par ., a . & s. [DECANT.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of pouring liquors gently from one ve el into another, so as to free them from the lees, . děc-aph-l-loŭs, a . [Gr. deka =ten, and phyl lon a leaf.] Bot.: An epithet applied to those flowers, the perianths of which have ten leaves. *de-cap-it-al-ize, v . t . [Pref. de away, from; Eng. capital: suff. -ize.] To reduce from the rank or position of capital. ". war. if Rome could not be decapitalized without."-London Daily Telegraph.