Sublimatory
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A vessel or device used for sublimation.
"Take the black feces, that remain in the bottome, stampe them, and put them in a sublimatory of good earth, of an inch thick, and no more, for six houres, first a little fire, then reinforce it for twelve others, till the sublimatory be red[…]"
- 1 Used for sublimation. not-comparable
"[W]hen (to explain my meaning by a groſs Example) the Corpuſcles of Sulphur and Mercury do, by a ſtrict Coalition, aſſociate themſelves into the Body vve call Vermilion, though theſe vvill riſe together in Sublimatory Veſſels, vvithout being divorc'd by the fire, and vvill act, in many caſes, as one Phyſical Body: yet tis knovvn enough among Chymiſts, That if You exquiſitely mix vvith it a due proportion of Salt of Tartar, the parts of the Alkaly vvill aſſociate themſelves more ſtrictly vvith thoſe of the Sulphur, then theſe vvere before aſſociated vvith thoſe of the Mercury, vvhereby You ſhall obtain out of the Cinnabar, vvhich ſeem'd intenſely red, a real Mercury, that vvill look like fluid Silver."
Example
More examples"Take the black feces, that remain in the bottome, stampe them, and put them in a sublimatory of good earth, of an inch thick, and no more, for six houres, first a little fire, then reinforce it for twelve others, till the sublimatory be red[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English sublymatories pl, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrium, from Latin sublīmātus (see sublime) + -ōrium.
From Middle French sublimatoire, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrius.