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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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Samech

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Samech

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical synonym for tartar.

In the book. The present synonym does not select between those contextual senses.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Samech is tartar.

Meaning

The short entry sends the reader to a material with a fuller definition under Tartarum. There tartar is a hard, saltish deposit on wine vessels and can also mean stones or gravel in human bodies.

Use in the Book

The present synonym does not select between those contextual senses. A passage about wine vessels or about the body supplies the necessary distinction.

Places to Read

Sal taberzet. A tartar distinguished by its exceptional whiteness.

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

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Samech; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370; compare Sal taberzet, Tartarum

See also. Sal taberzet; Tartarum

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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.