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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA residue term rather than the name of one fixed material.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344.
Historical definition
Chymus is feces or residue.
Meaning
The historical identifying word concerns matter left or rejected in a process. The entry does not specify the starting substance or operation, so a precise composition cannot be inferred from the headword alone. The surrounding passage must identify what remains and what has been removed.
Caput mortuum gives a more operationally qualified example: residue after distillation or sublimation. Caseus præparatus describes a viscous settled residue in a dairy setting. These comparisons show why a general residue word can apply to materially different things without making them interchangeable.
Places to read
- ChymusRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- Caput mortuumThe material left behind by distillation or sublimation.
- Caseus præparatusA dairy residue identified by consistency and where it settles.
- ExcrementaSuperfluities described through expulsion by Nature.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Chymus ; compare Caput mortuum, Caseus præparatus, Excrementa