单词 | albation |
释义 | † alˈbation Obs. [ad. med.L. albātiōn-em, n. of action f. albāre to whiten.] 1. A term used by the alchemists for the alleged process of whitening metals, especially of transmuting copper into silver; = albification.
1879in Syd. Soc. Lex. 2. Dusting; ? orig. dusting with a white powder.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 268 Albation is the abstraction of dust, moths, gret, adhering to a thing with an Hares foot, feather, spather, knife, or the like. 1658Phillips, Albation (chem.) a dusting with a hare's foot [not in ed. 1678]. |

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