† Sublimatory a.

Obs. [ad. med.L. sublīmātōrius, f. sublīmāt-: see SUBLIMATE and -ORY².]

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1. Suitable for subliming.

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1605. Timme, Quersit., II. v. 125. Thou shalt increase the fire … until … the fire bee made sublimatorie.

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2. Used in sublimation.

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1650. Ashmole, Chym. Coll., 66. Take the pregnant Earth, and put it into a Sublimatory vessell luted and well shut up.

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1666. Boyle, Orig. Formes & Qual. (1667), 240. Though these [sulphur, mercury, and vermilion] will rise together in Sublimatory Vessels.

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