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Alchemy (Alʹ-ki-mĕ)

is the Arabic al kímía (the secret art); so called not only because it was carried on in secret, but because its main objects were the three great secrets of science—the transmutation of baser metals into gold, the universal solvent, and the elixir of life.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Albion the Giant
Albracca’s Damsel (in Orlando Furioso)
Album
Alcade
Alcaic Verse
Alcantara (Order of)
Alcastus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Alce
Alceste
Alchemilla
Alchemy (Al-ki-mĕ)
Alcimedon
Alcina
Alcinoo poma dare (to give apples to Alcinŏus)
Alcofribas
Alcuith
Aldabella
Aldebaran
Alderman
Alderman (An)
Alderman (An)

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