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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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Muscilago

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A liquid defined through thickness or viscosity.

In the book. Aqua lubricata is made from mucilaginous things, while Liquor herbarum specifies an herbal preparation.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362.

Historical Definition

Muscilago is a viscous liquor.

Meaning

The defining property is its resistance to flowing freely, expressed by viscous. The entry gives no particular plant, animal or mineral source. Its form is close to a familiar material-name, but the source statement itself remains a broad description of consistency.

Use in the Book

Aqua lubricata is made from mucilaginous things, while Liquor herbarum specifies an herbal preparation. These provide more particular contexts without narrowing every Muscilago occurrence to one of their subjects.

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Aqua lubricata. A liquid characterized by mucilaginous materials.

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

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 362, Muscilago

See also. Aqua lubricata; Liquor herbarum

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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.

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.