Obs. [a. OF. sou(l)fre vif: see SULPHUR sb. and VIVE.] = next.

1

c. 1400.  Maundev. (Roxb.), vii. 25. Þe preste. lays þerapon diuerse spiceries and sulphure viue [ed. 1839, v. 48 Sulphur vif].

2

1471.  Ripley, Comp. Alch., IV. vi. in Ashm. (1652), 145. Mercury and Sulphure vive.

3

1540.  trans. Vigo’s Lyt. Pract., A viij b. Take a quantytie of Sulpher vyfe.

4

1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 556. The sulphur-vif is digged out of the mine such as we see, that is to say, transparent cleere, and greenish.

5

1683.  Digby’s Chym. Secr., 5. Sulphur-vive, which is clear and transparent in pieces.

6