单词 | ceration |
释义 | † cerationn. Obsolete. ‘Alchemical term for the action of covering anything with wax, or of softening a hard substance..not capable of being liquefied; also, the fixation of mercury’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > ceration ceration1612 the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > fixation > of mercury ceration1612 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F Name the vexations, and the Martyrizations of Mettalls, in the Worke..Putrefaction, Solution, Ablution..Calcination, Ceration, and Fixation. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. 4. xviii. 139 Ceration is the mollification of an hard Thing not fusible unto Liquefaction. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Ceration, among Chymists, the making of a Substance fit to be dissolved, or melted. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Ceration, in Chymistry, the Preparation of any Mattter, to render it fit and dispos'd to liquify, or melt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1612 |
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