Sibar

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical name for quicksilver.

In the book. Compare Zaidar and Volans, also referred to quicksilver or mercury.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Sibar is quicksilver.

Meaning

The supplied equivalent is the material quicksilver. The definition does not add the wider philosophical senses found under various mercury names elsewhere.

Use in the Book

Compare Zaidar and Volans, also referred to quicksilver or mercury. Each historical form remains searchable, while the brief local gloss governs its interpretation here.

Places to Read

Volans. Two names directly equated with quicksilver.

Zaidar. A direct mercury synonym.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sibar; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370; compare Volans, Zaidar

See also. Volans; Zaidar