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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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At a Glance

The word. A goldsmith’s instrument associated with casting metal into long forms.

In the book. The process described is casting, rather than the earlier stages of finding an ore or separating its metallic portion.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.

Historical Definition

Rillus is an instrument used by goldsmiths to pour their melted metals into long forms; it is called an ingot.

Meaning

The sentence begins by naming an instrument, then connects it with pouring molten metal into a long form. Its final English equivalent is preserved because it belongs to the witness, even though the relation between the instrument and the resulting ingot can be easy to blur.

Use in the Book

The process described is casting, rather than the earlier stages of finding an ore or separating its metallic portion. Compare Regulus for the purified metallic material.

Places to Read

Regulus. The purified metallic or mineral portion after separation.

In This Edition

Ingot modernises the historical spelling Jngat. The explanation follows the complete sentence and does not silently replace its instrument with a finished bar.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Rillus; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Regulus

See also. Regulus

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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.