A vessel used in the distillation of liquids, a still; alch. stillatori of circulacioun, the still used for the process of changing the 'body' from one 'element' into another [cp. circulacioun n.]. …

(a) A discrete piece of rock, esp. one of small or medium size; a stone, pebble; also, a large discrete piece of rock, a boulder; a standing stone, monolith; (b) a ston(es cast, the throuinge of a……

(a) The elevation of someone to a high office; (b) alch. the process of refining a substance by heating it to the point of vaporization in an enclosed container and discarding the sediment. …

(a) To elevate (sb., a church) in status, exalt; (b) alch. to undergo the process of sublimation; (c) to glorify (sth.), exalt. …

Alch. A vessel used in sublimation. …

(a) To glorify (a realm), extol, exalt; (b) alch. to refine (a substance) by heating it to the point of vaporization in an enclosed container and discarding the sediment; also, obtain (a refined……

Alch. Sublimated, distilled, refined. …

Alch. The refining of a substance through sublimation. …

(a) The mineral sulfur, brimstone; -- often used as a component of medicaments; also, fig. a name for the morning star [quot. c1475]; also, a variety of sulfur [quot. a1500(1471), 2nd; quot. may……

(a) Native or natural sulfur, used as a component of medicines and incendiary mixtures; (b) alch. ?sophic sulfur [cp. sulphur n. (c)]. …

(a) To hang (sth.), hang up; suspenden from, support (the dura mater) by attachments from (the cranium); ppl. suspended, suspended (from a mast) so as to swing freely; (b) suspenden in the cros, to……

(a) A female sibling, a sister or half-sister; suster quene, a sister who is a queen; seinte petres suster, ?a personification of the White Paternoster; trusten to suster no brother, to trust no one……

(a) Blood, lifeblood; lesen (leven) swet, to die; (b) perspiration, sweat; also in fig. context; swet hole, a pore; ben swollen of the swet, to be overcome by heat exhaustion; breken oute on swet……

(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift……

(a) The action of moderating the excessive degree of a quality in a bodily component; the regulation of the vital spirit of the body; (b) a moderate or an intermediate level with respect to qualities……

Physiol. The combination of coldness and dryness characteristic of the element of earth and the corresponding humor of melancholy; also, alch. earthen substance [last quot.]. …

Alch. Consisting of four parts, quaternary. …

(a) A dyeing agent, pigment; also, a medicinal ointment or salve, perh. one that discolors the skin; (b) a color, hue, tint; (c) the process of coloring; also, the use of a medicinal tincture. …

(a) A toad;—also coll.; ?also, a frog; (b) the toad as a malevolent, loathsome creature of hell, a creature of torment; also, a symbol of the devil; (c) fig. a sinful person; (d) as a pejorative……

(a) Subject to change, unstable; given to changing, inconstant, fickle; (b) alch. capable of being transmuted into another substance. …