Tinkar

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical name equated with borax.

In the book. Anticar is also directly identified as borax.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Tinkar is borax.

Meaning

The dictionary gives a direct equivalent. The name remains independently searchable because it may be the form encountered in the author being read.

Use in the Book

Anticar is also directly identified as borax. Linking the two names makes the dictionary easier to use across different spellings and authorial vocabularies. Neither short entry adds a particular grade, source or preparation; such qualifications belong to the passage where the material is used.

Places to Read

Anticar. A name identified with borax.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Tinkar; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Anticar

See also. Anticar