单词 |
azoth |
释义 |
ˈazoth Alch. Forms: 5 azot, 7 azoch, 7–9 azoth. [Corruption (ultimately) of Arab. az-zāūq: see assogue. Cf. F. azoth, Sp. azogue.] a. The alchemists' name for mercury, as the essential first principle of all metals. b. The universal remedy of Paracelsus. Also fig.
1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 77 With Water of Azot to make lac virginis. 1610B. Jonson Alch. ii. iii, Your lato, azoch, zernich. 1655T. Vaughan Euphrates 105 That glassie Azoth of Lullie. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Paracelsus's azoth..is pretended to have been a preparation of gold, silver, and mercury. 1835Browning Paracelsus v. Wks. 1883 I. 183 Last, my good sword; ah, trusty Azoth, leapest Beneath thy master's grasp for the last time? |

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