(a) Random or cyclic variation of events, conditions, etc.; vicissitude; variability, instability, mutability; also, an act or instance of variation, a change; goddesse (ladie) of transmutacioun……

(a) To transform the appearance of (sb.); physiol. alter the color of (sth.); also, work a change in color [last quot.]; (b) to change (sb. into sth. else), metamorphose; (c) alch. to change (one……

Alch. Consisting of three parts, tripartite. …

(a) Movement about an axis or central point, rotation, revolution; also, a whirling about; also, the circular passage of time; an annular cycle; turning abouten; turning up and doun; (b) in cpds. and……

(a) Producing or promoting growth, vegetation, or vigor; animating, vivifying; vegetatif vertu, vertu vegetatif (b) phil. pertaining to the lowest species of soul, which gives bodily life, growth,……

(a) A toxin produced or secreted by an animal, insect, a rabid beast, etc., venom; also in fig. context; of venim, venomous, poisonous (b) a toxic substance, poison; an individual poison or a species……

(a) Spring as a division of the astronomical, astrological, or calendar year, usu. the period from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice, but occas. with broader reference; also alch., ?used fig.……

(a) Effective with respect to inherent natural qualities; vertual hete, alch. the heat inherent in the physical composition of a substance (as opposed to heat from the outside) capable of transforming……

(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an……

(a) Lively, active, mobile;—only in comb.: argent vive, the metal mercury, quicksilver [cp. argent n. & adj. (c)] (b) in a raw state, not modified to reduce chemical reactivity, unslaked; calce vive,……

(a) To do household washing or cleaning [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wash (sth.) in or with water or other liquid, clean by scrubbing, rinsing, soaking, etc. in liquid; wash (a dish, vessel); also, wash……

The process of increasing in size or dimension; enlargement. …

(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken……

(a) The doing of an act or action; acting (in a certain way), (one’s) behavior; also, that which one does or has done, (one’s) acts or doings; an act, a deed; werking togeder; a merveillous werking……

(a) The color white, white as the color opposite to black; also, a pale or whitish color; also, whiteness, whiteness as the opposite of blackness; her. ?the color argent; bright (shininge) whit, a……

(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of……

(a) The act of whitewashing; the whitewashing (of sth.); also, the act or process of applying a white glaze or coating (to tile); whiting werk (b) ?a white coating material, whitewash; (c) the……

(a) The quality of whiteness; the condition of being white; the color white, a white color; also, an off-white or whitish color, the white or whitish color (of teeth, hair, a bodily fluid, morbid……

(a) A human biological female, a woman; also in fig. context [quot. 1340]; also, the female partner in procreation, the mother [last quot.] (b) the mistress of a household; also, a stewardess (of……

(a) The physical or material world, the earth; the land comprising the physical world; the natural world and its creatures; the globe, orb, sphere, etc. of the earth; also in fig. context (b) the……