decanting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of decant

noun

1. The process by which a liquid is decanted.

   “I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]”