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41. calcīning ger.

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Alch. The process of calcination. …

42. cibāciōn n.

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Alch. 'Feeding' the 'matter' with fresh material [the seventh process]. …

43. cimenting ger.

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Alch. Combining or cementation (of ingredients). …

44. circūlāciǒun n.

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Alch. The operation or process of changing the 'body' (by heating or cooling) from one 'element' into another, or an instance of it; craft of circulacioun; vessel of circulacioun, stillatory, still. …

45. circūlāt ppl.

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Alch. Changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel [cp. circulacioun]. …

46. citrināciǒun n.

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Alch. Of metal: the process of turning yellow (the final stage in transmutation). …

47. cocatrīce n.

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(a) The basilisk [see the *Trev.Barth. quots. for the folklore of this 'serpent']; -- also in fig. context; (b) confused with the crocodile; (c) alch. see quot. …

48. cōēquāciǒun n.

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Alch. Matching. …

49. conǧelāciǒun n.

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(a) Freezing; chilling; (b) clotting or thickening (of blood, humors, etc.); (c) alch. combining (of different things). …

50. conǧēlen v.

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(a) Of water: to solidify in low temperature, freeze; congelen to cristal, congelen hard, turn into ice, freeze; fig. congeled as frost, rigid, lifeless; (b) to freeze (sth.); congelen to hail. …

51. conǧēling ger.

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(a) Coagulation; (b) alch. combining. …

52. conservāciǒun n.

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(a) Maintenance in good condition, conservation; preservation from damage; (b) alch. fir of conservacioun. …

53. corporāl adj.

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(a) Of the human body; bodily, physical; corporal oth, an oath ratified by touching a sacred object; (b) material, physical; (c) alch. embodied. …

54. cō̆rs n.

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(a) A dead body, corpse; ded cors; dedman cors; (b) cors present, a customary gift to the clergy from the estate of a deceased parishioner, a mortuary. …

55. crosselet n.(2)

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Alch. A crucible. …

56. croue n.

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(a) The carrion crow Corvus corone; also, the rook Corvus frugilegus; (b) the raven Corvus corax. …

57. crū̆cifīen v.

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(a) To crucify (sb.); (b) Crist crucified, Christ on the cross; also, a crucifix; (c) ?to fasten (crabs) to stakes. …

58. cucurbit(e n.

Additional spellings: cucurbite
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(a) A gourd; esp., the fruit of Lagenaria vulgaris; also, the gourd-bearing plant; (b) some kind of bird; (c) alch. a gourd-shaped vessel for distillation. …

59. dēcocten v.

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(a) To boil (sth.); also fig.; decoct, ppl. as adj.: boiled; maken decoct, boil (sth.); (b) ?alch. to produce (mercury) by heating. …

60. dēgrẹ̄ n.

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(a) An elevated place, a step, platform, tier; a step in a flight of stairs; a tier of seats; a rung of a ladder; song of degres, one of the fifteen gradual Psalms; (b) bi degres, by steps or stairs……

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