decocted

Fuller defines a proverb as "much matter decocted into a few words," and a very good definition it is.

At first it seemed like that of an old-fashioned pot-pourri of lavender, verbena and basalt, such as our grandmothers decocted in their punch-bowls from dried rose-leaves to give their rooms a sweet odour.

Young red oaken leaves decocted in wine, make an excellent gargle for a sore mouth; and almost every part of this tree is soveraign against fluxes in general, and where astringents are proper.

The mandarin is decocted from the crop of oranges grown in my Borneo orchard.

A Proverb is much matter decocted into few words.