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Congluten
Qualities powers and relations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. Viscous matter described as the product of putrefaction.
In the book. Gluten names viscous matter within the body and connects it with disease.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 17; facsimile PDF page 345.
Historical Definition
Congluten is matter that has been turned viscous by putrefaction.
Meaning
The entry describes both a state and its reported origin. The matter is viscous, and putrefaction is said to have brought it into that condition. It does not name a particular bodily fluid, mineral or plant product. Context is needed to determine what subject the word describes.
Use in the Book
Gluten names viscous matter within the body and connects it with disease. Gluta concerns the efficacy of tenacious pitch, while Tenacitas glutinis names mineral resin. Together they show a vocabulary organised around adhesion and thickness, without proving that these materials have one common composition.
Places to Read
Gluta. The power attributed to strongly adhering pitch.
Gluten. Bodily viscous matter given a role in persistent disease.
Tenacitas glutinis. A mineral resin identified through a glue-like name.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 17; facsimile PDF page 345 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Congluten
See also. Gluta; Gluten; Tenacitas glutinis