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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them. · The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
From Andalusian Arabic زُوق (zūq), from Arabic الزَّاوُوق (az-zāwūq, “quicksilver”). Not related to azote.
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