Azoth

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Azoth \Az"oth\, n. [LL. azoch, azoth, fr. Ar. az-zauq mercury.]
     (Alchemy)
        (a) The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which
            was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to
            be extractable from them.
        (b) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.


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