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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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Macha

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At a Glance

The word. A creature defined by flight and the broad name worm.

In the book. Melaones supplies a much fuller account of a flying creature, including colour, smell, place and season.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 31; facsimile PDF page 359.

Historical Definition

Macha is a flying worm.

Meaning

The old category worm is wider than a modern reader may initially expect, and the added capacity to fly is essential to this definition. The entry gives no further features from which to determine a species.

Use in the Book

Melaones supplies a much fuller account of a flying creature, including colour, smell, place and season. That contrast shows what information this shorter entry leaves unresolved.

Places to Read

Melaones. Flying beetles described through colour, smell, habitat and season.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 31; facsimile PDF page 359 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 359, Macha

See also. Melaones

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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.