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† albifiˈcation Obs.
[a. Fr. albification, ad. med.L. albificātiōn-em, n. of action f. albificā-re: see albify.]
The process or art of making white. (Chiefly as a term in Alchemy.)
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 252 Oure fourneys eek of calcinacioun, And of watres albificacioun. 1592Lilly Galathea ii. iii. 233 It is a very secret science, for none almost can understand the language of it [e.g.]..albification. [Also in Bailey (not in Johnson), Todd, and mod. Dicts.] |