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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 cement used in the purification of gold.

In the book. Compare Quartatio, an assay described at greater length, and Regulus, the pure metallic part after separation of dregs.

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

Historical Definition

Regale is a cement by which gold is purified.

Meaning

Cement names a material employed in a refining operation. The definition concerns its function toward gold, rather than a building material or an adhesive. No composition is specified here.

Use in the Book

Compare Quartatio, an assay described at greater length, and Regulus, the pure metallic part after separation of dregs. Their shared concern with purity does not make the processes interchangeable.

Places to Read

Quartatio. A gold assay described through the separation of silver from gold.

Regulus. The purified metallic or mineral portion after separation.

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

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

See also. Quartatio; 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.

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

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