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athanor Alch.|ˈæθənɔː(r)|
Also acanor; and in 5 athenor, 7 athanar.
[ad. Arab. attannūr, i.e. at = al the, tannūr furnace, according to Dozy, a. Heb. or Aramaic tannūr, f. root nūr fire. Also in Fr. athanor, Sp. atanor, pipe of a fountain.]
A digesting furnace used by the alchemists, in which a constant heat was maintained by means of a tower which provided a self-feeding supply of charcoal. Also fig.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. (Ashm. 1652) v. 149 Thy Fornace..Whych wyse men do call Athenor. 1610B. Jonson Alch. ii. iii, In the lent heat of Athanor. 1651Biggs New Disp. §141 They are not therefore digested in the Athanor of our Œconomy. 1752Johnson Rambl. No. 199 ⁋3, I have sat whole weeks without sleep by the side of an athanor, to watch the moment of projection. 1863in Watts Dict. Chem. I. 430. |