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Alcubrith
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. Three alternative names for sulphur.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.
Historical Definition
Alcubrith, Alcur, or Alazar is the same as sulphur.
Meaning
The usefulness of this entry is in recognizing one referent beneath different spellings. It does not say which prepared form of sulphur a particular recipe intends. Preserve the full phrase when the term is qualified, since the dictionary elsewhere distinguishes named sulphur preparations and the sulphur of things. Those related entries may concern an altered material or a philosophical account rather than an interchangeable stock ingredient.
Places to Read
Chybur. Two names identified with sulphur.
Kibrith. A second short name for sulphur.
Sulphur rerum. The sulphur of things used as a name for their quintessence.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile
See also. Chybur; Kibrith; Sulphur rerum; Sulphur vitriolatum