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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordDew and the philosophical lodestone joined under one name.
- In the bookManna also includes a dew fallen from heaven, although it has further senses.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.
Historical definition
Maius noster is our dew, and the philosophical lodestone.
Meaning
The possessive our belongs to the expression used by the philosophical writers represented here. It can mark their special vocabulary rather than ordinary dew without qualification. The second equivalent, philosophical lodestone, gives the reader another name, but no physical description of the subject.
Use in the book
Manna also includes a dew fallen from heaven, although it has further senses. Magneticus tartarus uses a lodestone comparison in a bodily-stone definition. The shared words do not make these separate entries interchangeable.
Places to read
- Maius nosterRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- MannaAn aerial dew and, more broadly, sweet extracted matter.
- Magneticus tartarusA bodily stone described by hardness and a spongy structure.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Maius noster