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spaˈgyrical, a.
Also 6–7 spagirical(l, 7 spagericall.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to alchemy.
α1594Plat Jewell-ho. ii. 20 The perfecting of this branch of the spagirical art. Ibid. iii. 89 An infinite number of spagiricall experiments. 1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. iv. i. 204 It is certaine, that by this spagiricall art, the most unruly medicaments are made serviceable. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes Pref. Verses, Which..was done With a Spagericall discretion.
β1627Hakewill Apol. iii. vii. §5 The use of Hermeticall, Spagyricall, or Chymicall physicke. 1651French Distill. v. 118 The matter will be turned into a spagyricall bloud, and flesh, like an Embryo. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 306 These Waters of Genoe, as far as I could gather by Spagyrical Solutions, have to their Sulphur an Addition both of Antimony and Nitre. 1747T. Birch Serm. bef. Coll. Phys. 22 To discern them may require no mean skill in spagyrical principles and operations.
2. Of persons: Given to the study or practice of alchemy; believing in alchemy.
1652(title), A Hermeticall Banqvet drest by a Spagiricall Cook, for the better preservation of the Microcosme. 1661Boyle Scept. Chem. i. 56 So justly did the Spagyricall Poet somewhere exclaim [etc.]. 1667― Orig. Forms & Qual. (ed. 2) 338 If a Spagyrical Physician were Judge. |