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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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Claretta

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At a Glance

The word. A historical name for the white of an egg.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342.

Historical Definition

Claretta is egg white.

Meaning

The entry identifies a specific portion of an egg rather than the shell or whole egg. That distinction matters in preparations: Annora, for example, includes egg-derived ash in a different material family. A reader should preserve the stated part rather than substitute eggs generally.

No further treatment is specified here. If a passage describes beating, separation or another preparation, that information belongs to its own account. The dictionary’s concise contribution is to decode the unfamiliar name into a recognizable starting material.

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Annora. A name with two ash- or lime-associated identifications.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Claretta ; compare Annora

See also. Annora

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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.