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1. gōld n.

285 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The metal gold; of gold, consisting of gold, made of gold; (b) gold and silver, etc.; (c) clene gold, cler gold, fin gold, pure gold, refined gold; parti gold, gold with considerable alloy; red……

2. gī̆lden v.

53 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To overlay (sth.) with gold, cover with gilding, gild; (b) fig. to conceal (sth. bad) under a fair exterior or appearance; (c) to decorate (sth.) with gold; inlay (sth.) with gold, embroider or……

3. gilten v.(2)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To overlay (sth.) with gold, gild; (b) to decorate (sth.) with gold. …

4. gī̆lding(e ger.

Additional spellings: gildinge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The process of overlaying with gold, gilding; (b) alch. the process of making gold. …

5. sol n.(1)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The sun; (b) alch. gold. …

6. elevāten v.

14 quotations in 5 senses
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To raise to a higher position. …

7. tinctūre n.

11 quotations in 2 senses
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(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. …

8. rubifīen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Alch. To turn the white elixir into the red elixir which transmutes base metals to gold; ppl. rubifiinge as adj.: turning red; (b) ppl. rubified, reddened, bloodied. …

9. minerāl adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Having to do with a material substance that is neither animal nor vegetable; inorganic; mineral water, water impregnated with some mineral substance; (b) alch. ston mineral, one of the three……

10. multiplicāciǒun n.

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An increase in number, size, or amount; growth, expansion; amplification of sound; (b) propagation, reproduction; generation; population, populating; multiplicacioun of the world, populating the……

11. bōras n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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Name given to several minerals; prob. borax, malachite, sodium carbonate, verdigris, and possibly others: (a) an ingredient in preparations for soldering metals and for fastening gold leaf; also, a……

12. silver n.

193 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The metal silver; also, silver ore; also fig. [quot.: Rolle Psalter, 1st occurrence]; filinge (isweorf, shavinge) of silver, silver filings; gobet of silver, a piece or strip of silver; (b) silver……

13. mortifīen v.

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To kill (sb.); mortifien and quikenen, of God: take and give life; also fig. destroy (sth.); render (the heart) insensible; (b) of courage: to die out; (c) ?fig.; ?meaning influenced by mortisen……

14. vēr n.(1)

34 quotations in 1 sense
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(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.……

15. dīadē̆me n.

28 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A monarch's crown or diadem; (b) a crown-like headdress; the papal tiara; (c) a crown or wreath awarded for virtue or victory. …

16. rēd n.(2)

77 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The color red, a shade of red, redness; purpel red, [see purpel adj. (c)]; (b)her. the tincture gules; (c) red pigment or dye; also, red ink; tuli red, vermilion or cinnabar used as a cosmetic……

17. cō̆rs n.

86 quotations in 6 senses
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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. …

18. redūcen v.

58 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To lead (sb., the mind) back to virtue or correctness; restore (sb., the soul) to God; (b) to bring (a part of the body) back to health; restore (a quality); reinstate (sb.) in the possession of a……

19. elementāt ppl.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Alch. Elemental, i.e. having the nature of a pure 'element.' …

20. calcināt ppl.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Alch. Reduced by calcination, calcined. …

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