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Alusar

A name identified with manna.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordA name identified with manna.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.

Historical definition

Alusar is manna.

Meaning

The definition provides an equivalence without identifying a source, locality or preparation. Its proper use is as a route into Manna, where the dictionary gives further context. Do not infer a particular plant product or atmospheric substance from this name alone: the short entry has not made that distinction. Retaining Alusar in the spelling index allows a reader to find the related discussion without silently replacing the historical word in a quoted text.

Places to read

  1. AlusarRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. MannaAn aerial dew and, more broadly, sweet extracted matter.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Alusar ; compare Manna