Carena

Language number and measures · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A small measure expressed as a fraction of a drop.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342.

Historical Definition

Carena is the twentieth part of a drop.

Meaning

The definition gives a relative measure: one drop divided into twenty parts. It does not state the size of the original drop or identify a modern unit of volume. A conversion to a fixed number of millilitres would therefore require information not supplied by the dictionary.

Karena provides a related spelling in the inventory. Such variants should be linked so a reader can recognize the measure in different passages. For historical interpretation, preserve both the fraction and its unit rather than rounding it to a familiar modern dose.

Places to Read

Karena. A minute quantity measured as a fraction of a drop.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Carena ; compare Karena

See also. Karena