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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