† sulphur vifsulphur viven.
Obs.
= sulphur vivum n.
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sulphur vif?a1425
sulphur vivum1651
virgin sulphur1668
sulphur of ivy1867
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 25 Þe preste..lays þerapon diuerse spiceries and sulphure viue [Titus sulphur vif].
a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 50, Mercurye & sulphure vive.
?1550 tr. J. de Vigo Lytell Practyce A viij b, Take a quantytie of Sulpher vyfe.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 556 The sulphur-vif is digged out of the mine such as we see, that is to say, transparent cleere, and greenish.
1682 G. Hartman Digby's Choice Coll. Rare Secrets i. 5 Sulphur-vive, which is clear and transparent in pieces.
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