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Cycima
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A dictionary name for litharge.
In the book. Lethargyrium gives a broader historical account of a spume separated in purifying Mercury, silver or lead.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346.
Historical Definition
Cycima is litharge.
Meaning
The entry is a direct identification without a preparative qualification. It does not distinguish the named material by colour, metal source or medical action. Those details cannot be supplied from this headword alone.
Use in the Book
Lethargyrium gives a broader historical account of a spume separated in purifying Mercury, silver or lead. Terra auri and Terra argenti respectively name litharge of gold and silver. The comparisons show why a later passage’s modifiers matter, without changing the brevity of the gloss Cycima.
Places to Read
Lethargyrium. A separated scum from the purification of three named metallic materials.
Terra argenti. A silver-associated litharge under an earth name.
Terra auri. A gold-associated litharge under an earth name.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Cycima
See also. Lethargyrium; Terra argenti; Terra auri