Found 2 hits - Term: lapis infernalis, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
infernal \infer"nal\, a. f. infernal, l. infernalis, fr.
infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. see inferior.
1913 webster
1. of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions,
inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead;
pertaining to pluto's realm of the dead, the tartarus of
the ancients.
1913 webster
the elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. --garth.
1913 webster
2. of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell;
suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants
of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or
conduct.
1913 webster
the instruments or abettors in such infernal
dealings. --addison.
1913 webster
infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously
designed to explode, and destroy life or property.
infernal stone lapis infernalis, lunar caustic;
formerly so called. the name was also applied to caustic
potash.
syn: tartarean; stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;
satanic; fiendish; malicious.
1913 webster
see also:
inferior infernal machine infernal stone lapis infernalis
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lapis \la"pis\, n.; pl. lapides. l.
a stone.
1913 webster
lapis calaminarisn. nl. min. calamine.
lapis infernalisn. l. fused nitrate of silver; lunar
caustic.
1913 webster
see also:
lapides lapis calaminaris lapis infernalis
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