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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: alkahest
alkahest
n : hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
[syn:
alcahest,
universal solvent]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alkahest
Alkahest
\Al"ka*hest\, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word
that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily
formed by Paracelsus.]
The fabled
“universal solvent” of the alchemists; a
menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. --
Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
[1913 Webster]
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