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Andena
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. An eastern steel characterized by melting and casting.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.
Historical Definition
Andena is steel brought from eastern countries, which melts in fire like other metal and is cast into various forms.
Meaning
The entry identifies a metal, gives it a geographical provenance and emphasizes its capacity to be cast. The latter distinguishes the author’s account from a description concerned only with the shaping of solid metal. Yet the definition offers no precise place of manufacture, composition or trade route. “Eastern countries” should therefore remain a broad historical claim rather than being expanded into an unsupported national origin.
For reading, preserve the sequence: the material is called steel, is melted, and then receives different forms by casting. The fact that a passage mentions one of these actions does not by itself establish every other feature of the dictionary’s definition.
Places to Read
Hadid. A dictionary name for iron.
Fusio. An operation defined by melting and flow in fire.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Andena ; compare Hadid, Fusio