a. and sb. Obs. Also 6 sublime, -yme. [ad. F. sublimé sublimate, pa. pple. of sublimer to SUBLIME.] A. adj. Mercury sublimy: corrosive sublimate. B. sb. Mercury or arsenic sublimate.
1545. Rates of Custome house, a ij b. Argente subline [sic] the c. li. xxxiii. s. iiii. d. Ibid., b viij. Mercury subline the pounde xii.d.
1558. W. Warde, trans. Alexis’ Secr., 102 b. To sublime Quicke Syluer, that is to saye, to make common sublyme.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong., Dux sublimé, sublimie, a kinde of poison.
1611. Cotgr., Sublimé, Sublimatum, or Sublimie, Arsenick, Ratsbane.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey).
