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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA headword locally identified with human skin.
- In the bookThe local identification is retained without substituting another object suggested by a familiar Latin or technical use.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.
Historical definition
Testa is the skin of the human body.
Meaning
The definition supplies a precise bodily subject. Whatever other uses the word may have elsewhere, this witness directs the reader to the skin of a person.
Use in the book
The local identification is retained without substituting another object suggested by a familiar Latin or technical use. The entry is a finding aid for the dictionary’s own vocabulary.
Places to read
- TestaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Testa; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373