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Spara
Qualities powers and relations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A mineral power related to the first being of metals.
In the book. Compare Stannar, where an occult fume is called the mother of metals.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.
Historical Definition
Spara is the mineral virtue from the first being of metals.
Meaning
Virtue names efficacy or active power. The definition relates that power to an originating condition, the first being of metals, rather than naming a finished metal or an ordinary mine.
Use in the Book
Compare Stannar, where an occult fume is called the mother of metals. Both entries use a language of origin; their different terms and relations should remain visible.
Places to Read
Stannar. An occult fume described as the mother of metals.
Truphat. A hidden mineral power understood through its appointed end.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Spara; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Stannar, Truphat