Associations to the word «Alkahest»
Wiktionary
ALKAHEST, noun. (now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. [from 17th c.]
Dictionary definition
ALKAHEST, noun. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.