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† sublimy, a. and n. Obs. Also 6 sublime, -yme. [ad. F. sublimé sublimate, pa. pple. of sublimer to sublime.] A. adj. mercury sublimy: corrosive sublimate. B. n. Mercury or arsenic sublimate.
1545Rates of Custome house a ij b, Argente subline [sic] the c. li. xxxiii. s. iiii. d. Ibid. b viij, Mercury subline the pounde xii.d. 1558W. Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. 102 b, To sublime Quicke Syluer, that is to saye, to make common sublyme. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., Dux sublimé, sublimie, a kinde of poison. 1611Cotgr., Sublimé, Sublimatum, or Sublimie, Arsenick, Ratsbane. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey). |