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Pruinum

A variety placed first within a tartar classification.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordA variety placed first within a tartar classification.
  • In the bookTartarum provides the broader material and bodily uses of tartar.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.

Historical definition

Pruinum is the first kind of tartar.

Meaning

The entry gives an ordinal relation but does not enumerate the remaining kinds. First should remain visible without supplying an invented sequence.

Use in the book

Tartarum provides the broader material and bodily uses of tartar. Pruina, despite its similar spelling, is separately equated with Ignis Persicus and should retain its own record.

Lephante is also called the first kind of tartar, or bole, and described as intermediate between stones and clay. That fuller entry is worth consulting, though Pruinum itself supplies only its place in the classification.

Places to read

  1. PruinumRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. PruinaA name for the hot, burning ulcer defined under Ignis Persicus.
  3. TartarumA wine-vessel deposit whose name also serves for bodily stones or gravel.
  4. LephanteA tartar or bole placed between stone and clay.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pruinum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Pruina, Tartarum, Lephante