‖ ˈterra damˈnata Alch. Obs.
[L., = condemned or finally rejected earth.]
= caput mortuum 2: see quot. 1704.
| 1633 B. Jonson Tale Tub i. iii, She's such a vessel of fæces: all dried earth, Terra damnata! 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. s.v. Earth, Earth, which the Chymists call Terra Damnata and Caput Mortuum, is the last of the five Chymical Principles, and is that which remains after all the other Principles are extracted by Distilation, Calcination, &c. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 146 (Stanf.) Calcin'd Harts-horn being a meer Terra Damnata. |