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Rebis
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. Rebis in this dictionary denotes bodily excrement.
In the book. The adjacent Rebus means the last matter of things.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.
Historical Definition
Rebis is the excrement of the belly.
Meaning
The entire definition is a bodily identification. The spelling can attract interpretations drawn from other alchemical works, but this witness supplies a precise local gloss: excrement of the belly.
Use in the Book
The adjacent Rebus means the last matter of things. Keeping the two headwords and definitions separate is essential; their resemblance on the page is not sufficient evidence that the compiler intended one sense.
Places to Read
Rebus. The final matter or resulting condition of things.
Vndosa. A collective animal-excrement name.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Rebis; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Rebus, Vndosa