Steven Blankaart, A Physical Dictionary (1684)
Date
1684
Lexicographer
Lexicon title
The Physical Dictionary of Stephen Blancard
Book title
A Physical Dictionary; In which, all the Terms Relating either to Anatomy, Chirurgery, Pharmacy, or Chymistry, are very accurately explain'd
Publication place
London
Printer
J.D. (John Darby)
Publisher
J. Gellibrand
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- chemistry
- Latin
- medicine
Summary
dedicated to Mr. William Moulins
Language
headwords: Latin
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
302
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Fermentatio is an Intestine Motion of Particles, or of the Principles of any Body, tending to Perfection, or a Change: and it is either Natural, which comes of its own accord, as in Natural Actions; or Artificial, which we make, as we see in Beer, Wine, Bread, &c. (p. 130)
sample: Fermentatio is an Intestine Motion of Particles, or of the Principles of any Body, tending to Perfection, or a Change: and it is either Natural, which comes of its own accord, as in Natural Actions; or Artificial, which we make, as we see in Beer, Wine, Bread, &c. (p. 130)
Wing
B3164A, B3164 (Variant)
Other editions
1693: Wing B3165;
1697: Wing B3166
1697: Wing B3166
Criticisms
- Linden (1987): 13
Sources
translation of the author's Lexicon medicum graeco-latinum
Influences
- Lonati, Elisabetta. "Blancardus' Lexicon Medicum in Harris's Lexicon Technicum: A Lexicographic and Lexicological Study." Words and Dictionaries from the British Isles in Historical Perspective. Eds. John Considine and Giovanni Iamartino. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 91-108. view record
