chymistry

noun chymistries

1. historical, uncountable, usually Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy. But the sixteenth century was a time of particular interest in chymistry. The idea of chymistry meant many things to many people of the period, and it is very dangerous to generalize. Chymistry was both theory and practice, involving both an account of at least a part of the natural world and an app
2. obsolete, uncountable, usually Obsolete form of chemistry The Hill Kieuchin, near to Hanyang, has its name from nine Virgins that were Siſters, and lived always Maids upon this Hill ſtudying Chymiſtry.