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Anterit
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A brief alternative name for Mercury.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332.
Historical Definition
Anterit is Mercury.
Meaning
The definition gives no prepared state, source or philosophical qualification. Its role is to help identify a Mercury term when the spelling is unfamiliar. A surrounding recipe may narrow the sense through operations such as precipitation or sublimation, but the headword by itself does not do so. Compare Anatris and its variant Antaris for another route into the same vocabulary, then consult the qualified Mercurius entries before deciding which form a passage intends.
Places to Read
Anatris. Two names directed to Mercury.
Mercurius Crudus. Mercury described before separation from its mineral source.
Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus. A preparation specified by metallic extraction followed by precipitation.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332 — Facsimile
See also. Anatris; Mercurius Crudus; Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus