† lunificadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Producing silver.
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lunific1693
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. li. 414 The Lunifick Trees of Seres.
B. n.
Alchemy. A substance capable of transmuting other substances into silver.
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lunific1678
1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber iii. ii. ii. xvi. 207 To..convert it [sc. argent vive]..into true Solifick and Lunifick.
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