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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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Tinkar

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Tinkar

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical name equated with borax.

In the book. Anticar is also directly identified as borax.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Tinkar is borax.

Meaning

The dictionary gives a direct equivalent. The name remains independently searchable because it may be the form encountered in the author being read.

Use in the Book

Anticar is also directly identified as borax. Linking the two names makes the dictionary easier to use across different spellings and authorial vocabularies. Neither short entry adds a particular grade, source or preparation; such qualifications belong to the passage where the material is used.

Places to Read

Anticar. A name identified with borax.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Tinkar; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Anticar

See also. Anticar

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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.

Rights

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.