( n. )
Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.
( n. )
Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012