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Vrina vini
Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A wine-qualified name with vinegar and bodily senses.
In the book. Xisinum is directly equated with vinegar, while Vinum correctum is referred to alcohol of wine.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 47; facsimile PDF page 375.
Historical Definition
Vrina vini is vinegar; sometimes it is used for the urine of a person who always drinks wine.
Meaning
The definition supplies two possibilities and marks the second with sometimes. In one use the compound name means vinegar; in another it refers to urine from a habitual wine drinker. These senses should not be merged into one material preparation.
Use in the Book
Xisinum is directly equated with vinegar, while Vinum correctum is referred to alcohol of wine. The wider wine vocabulary therefore includes an ordinary acidic liquid, a prepared spirit and a bodily relation. The complete expression and surrounding passage establish the relevant sense.
Places to Read
Vinum correctum. A wine preparation referred to alcohol of wine.
Xisinum. An unqualified vinegar name.
In This Edition
The initial V is preserved in the historical heading, with Urina vini as an editorial search form. Both the primary equivalence and the qualified alternative remain in the modernised definition.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 47; facsimile PDF page 375 — Facsimile
See also. Vinum correctum; Xisinum