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azoth
English
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic ???????? (az-z?q), from Arabic ??????????? (az-z?w?q, “quicksilver”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ä?z?th, IPA(key): /???z??/
- (US) enPR: ??zôth, IPA(key): /?æz??/
Noun
azoth (uncountable)
- (alchemy) The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
- The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
Related terms
- azogue
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mercury
English
Etymology
From Mercury.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m??.kj?.?i/
- (US) enPR: mûr'k?r?, IPA(key): /?m?kj??i/
Noun
mercury (countable and uncountable, plural mercuries)
- A metal.
- A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg. [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: (in alchemy) azoth, (in medical and sometimes chemical use) hydrargyrum, (not in technical use) quicksilver
- (sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]
- (with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers). [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility. [17th-18th c.]
- He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship, or to any design.
- A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg. [from 14th c.]
- Any of several types of plant.
- An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury. [from 14th c.]
- Synonym: mercurial
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 188:
- Towards the tops of the stalks and branches come forth at every joint in the male Mercury two small round green heads, standing together upon a short footstalk, which growing ripe are the seeds, not having any flower.
- Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
- A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood. [from 15th c.]
- (US, regional) The poison oak or poison ivy. [from 18th c.]
- An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury. [from 14th c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
- mercaptan
- Mercury
Translations
See also
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Mercury”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “mercury”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Middle English
Noun
mercury
- Alternative form of mercurie
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