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Cucurbita
Operations instruments and practitioners · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A gourd-shaped vessel.
In the book. Cyphantum names a distilling vessel or the art itself; Diota a circulating vessel.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346.
Historical Definition
Cucurbita is a vessel shaped like a gourd.
Meaning
Shape supplies the definition. The entry does not specify the material from which the vessel is made, its dimensions, or the particular work performed in it. A reader can recognise the general form while taking those further details from the passage or illustration in view.
Use in the Book
Cyphantum names a distilling vessel or the art itself; Diota a circulating vessel. These terms describe equipment through different features: shape, purpose or movement. They should not be treated as interchangeable labels for every vessel used in a chymical work.
Places to Read
Cyphantum. A name that can denote equipment or the art performed with it.
Diota. A vessel identified by circulation.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346 — Facsimile