words.of.the.day

decoction

• noun a liquor containing the concentrated essence of a substance, produced as a result of heating or boiling.

— ORIGIN Latin, from decoquere ‘boil down’.

lath

/laath/

• noun (pl. laths /laaths/) a thin, flat strip of wood, especially one of a series forming a foundation for the plaster of a wall.

— ORIGIN Old English, related to LATTICE.

-Definitions lifted from Oxford Condensed online.