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philosophers' vinegar
philosophers' vinegar n. [after post-classical Latin acetum philosophorum (17th cent.)] Obsolete the alkahest, the universal solvent sought by alchemists and believed to be a medium in which base metals could be transmuted into gold.
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1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. D4v Svb... Ha' you set the Oyle of Luna in Kemia? Fac. Yes, Sir. Svb. And the Philosophers vinegar? Fac. I. View more context for this quotation
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