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alchymy
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ALCHYMYnoun
Etymology: of al, Arab. and χημα.
There is nothing more dangerous than this licentious and deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words, as alchymy doth, or would do, the substance of metals, maketh of any thing what it lifteth, and bringeth, in the end, all truth to nothing. Richard Hooker, b. v. 58.
O he sits high in all the people’s hearts;
And that which would appear offence in us,
His countenance, like richest alchymy,
Will change to virtue, and to worthiness. William Shakespeare, J. Cæsar.Princes do but play us; compared to this,
All honours mimick, all wealth alchymy. John Donne.The golden colour may be some mixture of orpiment, such as they use to brass in the yellow alchymy. Francis Bacon.
White alchymy is made of pan-brass one pound, and arsenicum three ounces; or alchymy is made of copper and auripigmentum. Francis Bacon, Physical Remains.
They bid cry,
With trumpets regal sound, the great result:
Tow’rds the four winds, four speedy cherubim
Put to their mouths, the sounding alchymy,
By herald’s voice explain’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.
Webster Dictionary
Alchymynoun
see Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alchymy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alchymy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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