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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1599-1699
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Sublimat, Sublemate, n. [e.m.E. sublimate (1543), L. sublīmāt-, p.p. stem of sublīmāre to lift up, elevate.] A substance produced by the cooling of vapour from solids which have been heated to a high temperature; ? specif., mercuric chloride. — 1599 Finlayson Lowe 67.
That nane sell retoun poison, asenick, or sublemate … excep onlie the apothecaries 16.. Alchem. MSS V.
R[ecipe] the regall and breye it in a brasen morter into ane fyne pouder be searceing it in a pottingars box throcht a taffetas sarcinett and mixe it with vij [ounces] of fyne, cleir and transparent sublimat
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