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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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Hydri

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At a Glance

The word. A name with juices and fruits as stated meanings.

In the book. Liquor herbarum is more specific, naming a product of pounded, pressed and digested herbs.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353.

Historical Definition

Hydri are juices or fruits.

Meaning

The definition permits two related but distinct categories. It does not identify a plant, a part of an animal or a particular prepared liquid. Both juices and fruits should remain available when the term is encountered.

Use in the Book

Liquor herbarum is more specific, naming a product of pounded, pressed and digested herbs. Hydri does not include those preparative conditions. The contrast helps readers separate a broad naming gloss from a description that actually states how a particular liquor is made.

Places to Read

Liquor herbarum. An herbal liquor identified through three preparatory actions.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353 — Facsimile

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

See also. Liquor herbarum

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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.