Middle English Dictionary Entry
azoc, azogo n.
Entry Info
| Forms | azoc, azogo n. |
| Etymology | ML, from Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alch. Mercury, quicksilver.
Associated quotations
- [ a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.338 : Azoc, id est argentum vivum siue mercurius non crudum, a minera simpliciter extractum, sed est illud quod a corporibus dissolutiuis per ipsum argentum vivum extrahitur. ]
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)2240 : No liquor so good for the complement, as water of letarge which wolde not mysse, with water of azogo, to make lac virginis.