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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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Botin

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At a Glance

The word. A historical name for turpentine.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 11; facsimile PDF page 339.

Historical Definition

Botin is turpentine.

Meaning

This entry serves as an uncomplicated name bridge. The unqualified term identifies turpentine, while Balsamum specifies a turpentine that has been digested without being subjected to fire. Reading the two together shows why preparation qualifiers matter even when the starting name is familiar.

A passage using Botin may later describe a treatment or product. The dictionary’s brief equation should not erase that subsequent change, and it should not import the special balsam condition where the passage has not stated it.

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Balsamum. A preservative substance described in both bodily and external forms.

Ardentia. Materials described as combustible by their own nature.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 11; facsimile PDF page 339 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Botin ; compare Balsamum, Ardentia

See also. Balsamum; Ardentia

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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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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.