† sublimy, a. and n. Obs.
Also 6 sublime, -yme.
[ad. F. sublimé sublimate, pa. pple. of sublimer to sublime.]
A. adj. mercury sublimy: corrosive sublimate. B. n. Mercury or arsenic sublimate.
| 1545 Rates of Custome house a ij b, Argente subline [sic] the c. li. xxxiii. s. iiii. d. Ibid. b viij, Mercury subline the pounde xii.d. 1558 W. Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. 102 b, To sublime Quicke Syluer, that is to saye, to make common sublyme. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., Dux sublimé, sublimie, a kinde of poison. 1611 Cotgr., Sublimé, Sublimatum, or Sublimie, Arsenick, Ratsbane. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey). |