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Webster 1913 Edition
Citrination
Citˊri-na′tion
,Noun.
[See
Citrine
.] The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher’s stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color.
Thynne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Citrination
CITRINATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
citrination
citrination
English
Noun
citrination (plural citrinations)
- (obsolete) The process of taking on a lemon-yellow colour, as the philosopher's stone was supposed to do in alchemy.
- Francis Thynne
- […] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color: so is it in alchymye: which made Arnolde call this citrination perfect digestion, or the color proving the philosopher's stone brought almoste to the height of perfection.
- Francis Thynne