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Samech
Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A historical synonym for tartar.
In the book. The present synonym does not select between those contextual senses.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.
Historical Definition
Samech is tartar.
Meaning
The short entry sends the reader to a material with a fuller definition under Tartarum. There tartar is a hard, saltish deposit on wine vessels and can also mean stones or gravel in human bodies.
Use in the Book
The present synonym does not select between those contextual senses. A passage about wine vessels or about the body supplies the necessary distinction.
Places to Read
Sal taberzet. A tartar distinguished by its exceptional whiteness.
Tartarum. A wine-vessel deposit whose name also serves for bodily stones or gravel.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile
See also. Sal taberzet; Tartarum