† sperˈmatical, a. Obs.
Also 5 spermatycall, 6 sparmaticall.
[See prec. and -al1.]
1. = spermatic a. 2.
| 1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. vi. xviii. in Ashm. (1652) 165 Yt thus fro thyng to thyng was alterat..; And so our Mater spermatycall wythin one Glas Wythin hyt selfe must turne fro thyng to thyng. 1655 in Hartlib Ref. Commw. Bees 22 A tender spermatical milk enclosed in a most tender skin. |
2. = spermatic a. 3.
| 1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke, Dial. betw. Sorenes & Chir. 22 Members, whiche Phisicians call sparmaticall, beyng ones loosed, will not be ioyned again. 1615 Crooke Body of Man 697 Euery Similar part is either Spermaticall or fleshie. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ii. xii. marg. note, A nerve is a spermaticall part rising from the brain and the pith of the back-bone. 1668 Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. Introd., All these parts are commonly divided into Spermatical, Sanguine or mixt. |
3. Endowed with sperm or semen.
| 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God vii. ii. 260 Liber and Libera, [gods] of the distillation of seede in all spermaticall creatures. |
4. = spermatic a. 1.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 217 The spermaticall vessels which bring the seede from the whole bodye..are foure. Ibid. 837 The left Emulgent also is larger then the right, because of the Spermatical veine which was to arise therefrom. 1621 Lodge Summary Du Bartas i. 269 The spermaticall, or seede Vessels. |
5. = spermatic a. 4.
| 1642 H. More Song of Soul ii. i. ii. 25 Both what hight form spermaticall Hath here a share, as also that we term Soul sensitive. a 1652 J. Smith Sel. Disc. vii. iv. (1660) 309 Like the Spermatical virtue of the Heavens, which spreads it self freely upon this Lower World. 1682 H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux Orient 119 We have..reason..to suppose this Vital or Spermatical Law is amongst the rest. |