A CHYMICALL DICTIONARY — Entries
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Sedziwój, Michal, Paracelsus, and French, John
Assaliæ vermes are those wormes which breed in wood, or betwixt two boards, and they are called Teredones.
Asthma is a disease of the lungs causing difficulty of breathing.
Astrum is in this place called the vertue and power got by the preparations of things as the star of Sulphur is its inflaming which is turned into most excellent oyle: so the star of salt is its resolution into water, or oyle, which thereby receives more vertues then it had before. The star of Mercury is its sublimation, by which it acquires a wonderfull power, and vertue, greater, and more subtile then its naturall.
Astrum ex igne, is a burning Fire of great impression.
Athanor, or Athanar is a furnace in the spagirical Art, but especially a reverberatory, sometimes of other use as the artificer pleaseth.
Attractiva are called magnetick medicaments, which have a power to draw to them such things as are compounded of the like attractives.
Attramentum signifies divers things according to the adjective that is put to it: as that which Shoomakers use, is Copperis, such as is red within: that which Writers use, is called inke, sooty, and it is called blacking, also all kinds of Copperis.
Augurista is called a superstitious Artist who practiseth his Art in Looking-glasses, Chrystalls, and in Waters, especially in the singing, and flying of birds, that he may presage by them; he also observes other rites for the same cause.
Aurum planatum is that which they call Leafe Gold, or malleated Gold.
Aurum potabile is liquor of Gold, without any Corrosive, which very few know, yea of those who daily prepare it rather to the destruction, then health of men.
Aurum vitæ is precipitated Gold, and reverberated into the highest degree of rednesse, like ground Cinnabar. That is the best which is made, and precipitated with its proper Mercury.
Aurum vivum is sometimes taken for Quicksilver.
Austromantia is a certain kind of superstition invented, concerning the observation of Winds, as when the stars of the Winds break forth into great vehemency, contrary to their custome, whence men that are more idle then rationall, pronounce a presage of something to come.
Avis Hermetis is the Mercury of Philosophers, which ascends, and then descends for nourishment.
Axungia de Mumia, or Mumia de Medullis is the marrow of Bones.
Azemasor is Minnium, or Cinnabar.
Azoth is Quicksilver extracted out of any body, and it is properly called the Mercury of the body, but in Paracelsus it is the universall medicine of things.