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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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Tassus

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Tassus

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A short animal identification.

In the book. The entry’s practical function is lexical: a reader encountering Tassus is directed to a familiar animal category while remaining aware of the definition’s limited specificity.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372.

Historical Definition

Tassus is a worm.

Meaning

The compiler gives only a broad kind of creature. Worm is retained at that level because the sentence supplies no shape, habitat, host or preparation that would support a narrower identification.

Use in the Book

The entry’s practical function is lexical: a reader encountering Tassus is directed to a familiar animal category while remaining aware of the definition’s limited specificity.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Tassus; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 372

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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.