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Duenech

A dictionary name for antimony.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordA dictionary name for antimony.
  • In the bookStibium is also identified as antimony.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348.

Historical definition

Duenech is antimony.

Meaning

The gloss is a direct identification. It adds no particular treatment or medical purpose to antimony, so the unfamiliar headword should not by itself be taken as a prepared product.

Use in the book

Stibium is also identified as antimony. Alcofol adds a longer explanation through alternative spellings and stibium. These entries provide a network of names, while a passage’s further qualifiers must establish whether an author means a material generally or a particular preparation made from it.

Places to read

  1. DuenechRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. AlcofolA variant-name entry identifying stibium or antimony.
  3. StibiumA historical name equated with antimony.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Duenech