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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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Alusar

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name identified with manna.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.

Historical Definition

Alusar is manna.

Meaning

The definition provides an equivalence without identifying a source, locality or preparation. Its proper use is as a route into Manna, where the dictionary gives further context. Do not infer a particular plant product or atmospheric substance from this name alone: the short entry has not made that distinction. Retaining Alusar in the spelling index allows a reader to find the related discussion without silently replacing the historical word in a quoted text.

Places to Read

Manna. An aerial dew and, more broadly, sweet extracted matter.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Alusar ; compare Manna

See also. Manna

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About This Reading Edition

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.

About This Edition

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

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.