Abacus, the instrument, and the art of calculating with it. …

(a) The depths of the earth or the sea; (b) the primordial chaos, amorphous matter; (c) hell. …

A precious stone, reputed to hold heat for 7 days. …

(a) A kind of precious stone; diamond; (b) adamant; fig. something indestructible and enduring, something impenetrable. …

A fabulous tree. …

A kind of fungus used medicinally; prob., Polyporus officinalis. …

Either of two plants: a Mediterranean shrub (Vitex agnus-castus), traditionally regarded as a preservative of chastity; a species of St.-John's-wort (Hypericum androsaemum), used as a medicinal……

(a) Anguish, agony; a fit of anguish; (b) death throes; the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane. …

The gaseous substance surrounding the Earth; air, the atmosphere. [In ancient cosmology, the perisphere of air was said to be surrounded by the perisphere of fire. The perisphere of air was regarded……

Sengreen, sedum. …

The fabulous bird halcyon. …

Barley meal. …

Theol. One of the four methods or levels in the interpretation of Holy Writ [i.e. the literal (temporal), spiritual (allegorical), moralizing (tropological), and mystical (anagogical)]: spiritual……

(a) Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet; (b) alpha used as the numeral 1; (c) aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. …

The marsh mallow Althaea officinalis. …

Wood-nymphs. …

Marjoram. …

The Amazons. …

Amphitheater. …

(a) An amphora; (b) a flask or flagon; (c) a liquid measure [of varying capacity]. …