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sal-gem Now rare or Obs. (ˈsælˌdʒɛm) Also 4–9 gemme, 5–8 -geme, 7 gemm; and in L. form. [ad. med.L. sal gemma or gemmæ, lit. ‘gem-like salt’. Cf. F. sel gemme.] Native chloride of sodium; rock-salt.c 1325 [see sal-ammoniac]. c 1450 M.E. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 99 Poudres of sal gemme. 1471 Ripley Comp. ...
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sal
▪ I. ‖ sal1 Chem., Alch., and Pharm. (sæl) [L. (masc. and neut.) = salt.] † 1. = salt n.1 (in various senses). Obs.c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 257 Sal tartre, Alkaly, and sal preparat. 1460–70 Bk. Quintessence 12 Sal comen preparate. a 1626 Meverell in Baconiana Physiol. (1670) 117, I can t...
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gem
▪ I. gem, n. (dʒɛm) Forms: α. ᵹim(m, ᵹym(m, 3 ȝimme, ȝumme (y), (gim), 4 gymme, ȝymme. β. 3–8 gemm(e, 4–8 jem(me, 4– gem. [OE. ᵹim str. masc. (whence prob. ON. gim neut.) = OHG. gimma fem., a. L. gemma bud, hence jewel, f. root gen- to produce. In ME. the word was adopted afresh in (or refashioned a...
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saltable
▪ I. salt, n.1 (sɒlt, -ɔː-) Forms: 1 sealt, (3 salit, Ormin sallt), 4–6 salte, (5 sawte, 6 saulte), 6–7 sault, 8–9 Sc. saut, sawt, 1– salt. [Com. Teut.: OE. sealt (salt) str. neut. = OFris. *salt (mod.Fris. salt, sâ(l)t, saut, solt), OS. salt (MLG. salt, solt), MDu., Du. zout, OHG. (MHG., G.) salz, ...
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confine
▪ I. † confine, a. Obs. [a. F. confin, -fine bordering, neighbouring (= It. confino, -fine):—L. confīn-is bordering, adjoining, having mutual bounds, f. con- together + fīnis end, limit, boundary.] Neighbouring, adjacent.1579 J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf D viij, Great with another confine gouernment. 1621...
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