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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. Vitriol described in a spontaneously dissolved condition.

In the book. Deliquium concerns dissolution in a cold place, while Colcothar names calcined vitriol or the residue associated with its oil.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352.

Historical Definition

Grilla, or Grillus, is vitriol dissolved of its own accord into water.

Meaning

The definition identifies a condition of vitriol and preserves the claim that the dissolution occurs of its own accord. It does not state the surrounding conditions or identify a particular specimen of vitriol. The phrase should not be expanded into an assertion that every material given that historical name behaves identically.

Use in the Book

Deliquium concerns dissolution in a cold place, while Colcothar names calcined vitriol or the residue associated with its oil. Their different qualifications show why one general starting name can enter several distinct material descriptions. Grilla specifically concerns the dissolved condition stated here.

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Colcothar. Vitriol named through calcination or through the residue of its oil.

Deliquium. Dissolution of a coagulated body in a cold setting.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Grilla

See also. Colcothar; Deliquium

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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.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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