A Chymical Dictionary

Lephante

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At a Glance

The word. A tartar or bole placed between stone and clay.

In the book. Tartarum gives the broader range of tartar-language, including material in wine vessels and bodily stones or gravel.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 29; facsimile PDF page 357.

Historical Definition

Lephante, or Lephantes, is the first kind of tartar or bole, intermediate between stones and clay.

Meaning

The definition identifies an intermediate condition. Its material belongs neither simply to the hard category of stones nor simply to clay, but holds a middle position between them. The wording first kind does not supply the remainder of a classification or explain what ordering makes it first.

Use in the Book

Tartarum gives the broader range of tartar-language, including material in wine vessels and bodily stones or gravel. Lephante is a particular definition within that range, and should not be reduced automatically to the familiar residue of wine.

Places to Read

Tartarum. A wine-vessel deposit whose name also serves for bodily stones or gravel.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 29; facsimile PDF page 357 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 357, Lephante

See also. Tartarum