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Valuable for its attempt to explain the mystic alchemical meanings of various simple words. List of dictionaries of alchemy prefixed. PLANCHÉ, J. R. Cyclopædia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress. 2 vols. London, 1876. §POWER, H., and SEDGWICK, L. W. The New Sydenham Society's REINHARDSTÖTTner, Karl von. Plautus. Spätere Bearbeitungen RIPLEY, GEORGE (Sir). See Ashmole, E. §RULAND, M. Lexicon Alchemiæ sive Dictionarium Alchemisti cum, Francofurti . . . MDCXII. Ruland has much information, but is truly alchemical at times RYDBERG, VIKTOR. The Magic of the Mid. Ages. . . . N. Y., 1879. SYD. SOC. See Power, H., and Sedgwick, L. W. T. C. B. See Ashmole, E. TRAILL, H. D., Editor. Social England, a Record of the Progress Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers . . . to which is added WHEATLEY, H. B. London Past and Present. 3 vols. London, §WRIGHT, THOMAS. Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English. Especially valuable for the letters not yet reached by N. E. D. GLOSSARY THIS Glossary aims to include all words now obsolete or archaic, as well as obsolete or archaic senses of words still current in other senses. An attempt is made to mark such obsolete words and meanings: + before a word means that the word is obsolete; + before a definition means that the word is obsolete in the sense indicated. These markings follow N. E. D., and where that is wanting the Century Dict. Beside this it is intended to include technical terms of alchemy, astrology, or chemistry, which, even if still current, have an exact meaning only for the special student. Many of the names of substances and processes used in alchemy have a transcendental significance, beside the literal meaning. I have indicated the specific meanings, and where possible given some idea of the transcendental meaning as well, tho this latter will more often be found in the Notes. The scope of the Glossary has been somewhat liberally interpreted, and where the currency of a word has seemed doubtful it has been admitted. At least one reference for the occurrence of each word is cited; sometimes more. A word followed by one citation is not on that account to be understood as occurring but once. Full titles of books referred to by the author's name only will be found in the Bibliography. Books there marked § are of special use for the Glossary. The following signs are used: Words in small capitals are the dictionary forms of the words cited. Etymologies are enclosed between square brackets. The other abbreviations used are common and easily understood. Abuse, IV. 620, 628: tto impose upon, cheat, deceive. +A cop, II. 697 on the top, on : province] used loosely here to magnify the importance of the supposed Spaniard. Admire, II. 36: twonder; 574: a. wonder at. +Adrop, II. 400 [word coined by alchemists]: a name either for the philosophers' stone, or the matter, as lead, out of which the mercury is to be extracted for the philosophers' stone. 'Adrop ist azar, lapis ipse, azane' is Ruland's lucid definition. Neither azar nor azane appears in his dictionary or elsewhere, so far as I know. Affection, II. 681: a. disposition toward, inclination. Ablution, II. 596: tin early chemistry and alchemy, the purification of bodies by the use of suitable liquids. Affront, II. 112: taccost, saluta tion. It is possible that the word has its ordinary meaning here. Aire, II. 198: texhalation affecting the sense of smell, odor. Alembeke, II. 99; Lembeke, III. 53 (ALEMBIC) [Ar. al-anbiq, a still]: a distilling apparatus consisting of a gourd-shaped vessel (cucurbite) containing the substance to be distilled, surmounted by a cap, the alembic proper, which carries the vapor to a receiver where it is condensed. Aludel, II. 245: a pear-shaped pot of earthenware or glass, open at both ends, so that a series could be fitted one above another; used by the alchemists in sublimation. Amalgama, II. 290: amalgam. Here it is a soft or plastic condition of gold or silver, &c., produced by combination with mercury. Amalgame, II. 301: to alloy with mercury, i. e. to amalga mate. Amuse, I. 417: †to puzzle. Anabaptist, II.562 lit., one who baptizes over again; then (a. or †) loosely applied to those who reject the doctrine of the Church of England as to 'holy orders' and the 'sacraments.' Anenst, II. 686 (ANENT): tbeside. Angell, I. 236, 339: an English gold coin called at first the angel-noble, being originally a new issue of the noble, having as its device the archangel Michael standing upon, and piercing the dragon. First coined in 1465 by Edward IV, value 6s. 8d.; in 1 Henry VIII it was worth 7s. 6d., 34 Henry VIII, 8s., 6 Edward VI, 1OS.; last coined by Charles I. a. Angle, II. 559: a fishhook. Antike, To the Reader. 7 (ANTIC): ta grotesque pageant or theatrical representation. Antimonium, II. 604: antimony; in alchemy originally applied to the native trisulphid; the proteus, leo ruber, plumbum nigrum, lupus metallorum of the alchemists. Aqua regis, II. 601 (or aqua regia): a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, so called because it can dissolve the 'noble metals,' gold and platinum. Aqua-vita-men, I. 53: liquor dealers. From AQUA-VITAE, a term of the alchemists applied to unrectified alcohol and popularly to any strong liquor. +Aqueitie, II. 658: the essential principle of water. Argaile, I.450 (+form of ARGOL): the tartar deposited, by wines entirely fermented, as a hard crust on the sides of the casks; crude bitartrate of potassium. +Argent-vive, II. 95: mercury. Arise, III. 182: tto amount to. Article, I. 262: a moment. Ascension, II. 308: tin alch., dis tillation, evaporation. Assiduitie, Dedication 1616. 12: tcontinual recurrence. Assumpsit, I. 268: Lat.' He has taken upon,' but here apparently equivalent to 'to take'; with a reference to the word as a lawterm, i. e. a promise or contract founded on a consideration; making a double sense here of 'he has taken' (the money), and 'he has undertaken' (the matter for Dapper). Athanor, II. 255, 276: a digesting furnace used by the alchemists, in which a constant heat was maintained by means of a tower which provided a self-feeding supply of charcoal. Autentique, II. 511 (AUTHEN TIC): +legally or duly qualified. Azoch, II. 401 (AZOT, AZOTH) [Ar. az-zāūq, quicksilver]: the alchemists' name for mercury, as the essential first principle of all metals, not ordinary quicksilver of the mine, but prepared and purified mercury: sometimes spoken of as the 'philosophers' mercury.' +Babioun, V. 14 (†BABION): a baboon, an ape. ||Balneum, II. 251: in alchemy (short for Balneum Mariae, or Bain-Marie) a vessel of warm (not boiling) water, in which other vessels were placed to warm them. Band, IV. 401: specifically, the neck-band or collar of a shirt in the 16th or 17th centuries; a collar or ruff worn around the neck by man or woman. Banque (BANK). +In Banque, III. 267 in store, laid up. Barb, I. 114: to clip; i. e. to mutilate coin by fraudulently paring the edges. Barbel, II. 186: a large freshwater fish, Barbus vulgaris, deriving its name (cf. L. barba, a beard) from the fleshy filaments which hang from its mouth (the beard referred to here). Bath. S. Maries Bath, II. 271. See Balneum. a. Bawdry, Arg. 11: the practice of a bawd. Because, II. 411: tin order that. Bird, I. 286; V. 218: a familiar spirit. In the Kentish dialect Blow up, I. 277: tto ruin. borrowed from the rabbit-warren, where the rabbits are made to bolt, by sending ferrets into their burrows. Bolts-head, II. 113, 246; III. 53 and passim (or BOLT-HEAD): a globular flask with a long cylindrical neck, used in distillation. +Bona roba, II. 694 [corrupted from It. BUONA ROBA, good stuff, fine gown, fine woman]: a handsome girl. Botcher, III. 162; V. 437: a mender or repairer; spec. ta cobbler. It may also be a tailor who does repairs. a. Brach, I. III: a kind of hound which hunts by scent. In later English usage, as here, always feminine; a bitch. 1 |