thinnify

Updated: February 28, 2026

The heart doth in its left side ventricle so thinnify the blood, that it thereby obtains the name of spiritual; which being sent through the arteries to all the members of the body, serveth to warm and winnow the other blood which runneth through the veins.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3