a.; also 6–7 alchimicall, 7–9 alchymical. [f. med.L. alchimic-us or Fr. alchimique + -AL.] Of or relating to alchemy.
1585. Thynne, in Holinshed, III. 1168/2. Alchimicall art.
1605. Camden, Rem. (1657), 187. Made by projection or multiplication alchymicall.
1788. Priestley, Lect. Hist., V. xxxvi. 264. The later Greeks had likewise many alchemical writers.
1853. Faraday, Lect., Introd. 9. The early days of chemical, or more properly speaking, alchemical philosophy.
