a. Also 6–7 spagirical(l, 7 spagericall. [f. as prec. + -AL.]
1. Of or pertaining to alchemy.
α. 1594. Plat, Jewell-ho., II. 20. The perfecting of this branch of the spagirical art. Ibid., III. 89. An infinite number of spagiricall experiments.
1651. Wittie, trans. Primrose’s Pop. Err., IV. i. 204. It is certaine, that by this spagiricall art, the most unruly medicaments are made serviceable.
1654. Gayton, Pleas. Notes, Pref. Verses.
| Which (though with a crispe Nostrill penn’d) was done | |
| With a Spagericall discretion. |
β. 1627. Hakewill, Apol., III. vii. § 5. The use of Hermeticall, Spagyricall, or Chymicall physicke.
1651. French, Distill., v. 118. The matter will be turned into a spagyricall bloud, and flesh, like an Embryo.
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 306. These Waters of Genoe, as far as I could gather by Spagyrical Solutions, have to their Sulphur an Addition both of Antimony and Nitre.
1747. T. Birch, Serm. bef. Coll. Phys., 22. To discern them may require no mean skill in spagyrical principles and operations.
2. Of persons: Given to the study or practice of alchemy; believing in alchemy.
1652. (title) A Hermeticall Banquet drest by a Spagiricall Cook, for the better preservation of the Microcosme.
1661. Boyle, Scept. Chem., I. 56. So justly did the Spagyricall Poet somewhere exclaim [etc.]. Ibid. (1667), Orig. Forms & Qual. (ed. 2), 338. If a Spagyrical Physician were Judge.
