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Alchemy. A preparation by the use of which it was sought to change metals into gold. Sometimes identified with ‘the philosopher's stone’; but…
Alchemy. A transmuting elixir; = tincture, n. 6. Obsolete.
Alchemy. A supposed spiritual principle or immaterial substance whose character or quality may be infused into material things, which are then said…