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az·oth

A0562100 (ăz′ŏth, -ôth)n. Mercury considered in alchemy to be the primary source of all metals.
[Middle English azoc, from Old French, from Arabic az-zā'uq, the mercury : al-, the + zā'uq, mercury (from Syriac zīwag, of Iranian origin; see gwei- in Indo-European roots).]

azoth

(ˈæzɒθ) n1. (Alchemy) the alchemical name for mercury, esp when regarded as the first principle of all metals2. (Alchemy) the panacea postulated by Paracelsus[from Arabic az-zā'ūq the mercury]

az•oth

(ˈæz ɒθ)

n. 1. mercury, regarded by alchemists as the assumed first principle of all metals. 2. the universal remedy of Paracelsus. [1470–80; « Arabic az zā'ūq the quicksilver]