chemic

UK /ˈkɛmɪk/ US /ˈkɛmɪk/
adj 3noun 2verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.

2

Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.

a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

3

Chemical.

noun

1

A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.

like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […]

2

A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

verb

1

To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.

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