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Staraphaxat
Qualities powers and relations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A power characterized by restraint or driving back.
In the book. Repercussiva names medicines that drive back a flow.
In this edition. A textual note records the reading of the 1650 printing and the editorial treatment.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.
Historical Definition
Staraphaxat is a restraining or repercussive virtue.
Meaning
The definition describes an action rather than naming its material bearer. Restraining checks something; repercussive connects the power with the driving-back action described under Repercussiva.
Use in the Book
Repercussiva names medicines that drive back a flow. That entry helps explain the action word, though the present sentence does not identify one medicine or specify a particular flow.
Places to Read
Repercussiva. Medicines classified by their supposed action of driving a flow back.
In This Edition
The 1650 printing reads resinging; the transcription aid conjectures restringing. The modernised definition adopts restraining as an interpretation of that conjecture. This is a disclosed editorial reading, not the word printed in 1650.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Staraphaxat; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Repercussiva
See also. Repercussiva