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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA cement associated with gold or silver, also named Regale.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344.
Historical definition
Cineritium is cement of gold or silver, which some call Regale.
Meaning
The definition identifies a preparation through the metals involved and records an alternative name used by some authors. That qualification should remain: it does not establish that Regale has only this sense everywhere. The entry also does not state which metal or accompanying materials a particular passage intends.
Cementum supplies the related description of dry corrosion and calcination with salts or drying things. Read the process entry beside this material name, while preserving the difference between a named cement and the broader action. Gold and silver are alternatives in the historical definition, not a requirement that both always be present.
Places to read
- CineritiumRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- CementumA dry metal-working operation using salts or similar materials.
- RegaleA cement used in the purification of gold.
- ChrysosA direct name equivalence for gold.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Cineritium ; compare Cementum, Regale, Chrysos, Luna