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Kamir

Another name for ferment.

From the book

A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordAnother name for ferment.
  • In the bookIumnizum also leads to leaven or ferment.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356.

Historical definition

Kamir is ferment.

Meaning

Kamir is a lexical cross-reference, not a new explanation of an operation. Fermentum gives the fuller account: a fixed matter brings another matter into conformity with its own nature and fixity. That account supplies the relevant function when Kamir appears in a technical passage.

Use in the book

Iumnizum also leads to leaven or ferment. The dictionary’s several names make recognition important; their number does not prove that several different ingredients are required.

Places to read

  1. KamirRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. FermentumA fixed agent credited with communicating its nature and fixedness.
  3. IumnizumAn alternative name for leaven or ferment.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 356, Kamir