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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Fida

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A metal name with two stated identifications.

In the book. Fido differs by one final letter and is glossed as Quicksilver, sometimes gold.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350.

Historical Definition

Fida is silver, and sometimes gold.

Meaning

Silver is the first identification, with gold admitted as an occasional sense. The word cannot be assigned to one metal in every passage without further evidence. The definition supplies no preparation that would explain the alternative.

Use in the Book

Fido differs by one final letter and is glossed as Quicksilver, sometimes gold. That similarity makes the pair especially important for transcription and searching. Gold is a shared possible meaning, but the primary identifications remain different. Neither entry should be silently merged with the other.

Places to Read

Fido. A name chiefly glossed as Quicksilver, with gold as another use.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Fida

See also. Fido

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The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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