_Amalgama_ is the making of Gold, Silver, or any other Metall into a past with Quicksilver. _Amianthus_ is a stone like to _Alumen plumosum_ in nature, and condition; it is not burnt in the fire, wherefore it is also called the Salamander. _Amidum_, or _Amilum_ is the whitest flowre made into bread in the Sun. _Amnis alcalisatus_ is water passing through the chalk of the earth, out of which _Alcali_ is taken. _Amygdale_, with Chirurgions is called the superfluous flesh which growes at the roote of the tongue. _Anachmus_ is an incorporeall spirit. _Anathron_, or _Anachthron_ is a kind of Salt growing upon rocks like white, and stony mosse, some call it salt nitre. The ancients falsly thought it to bee the gall of glasse, seeing it is rather the gall of stones. _Anatomia Essata_ is the mother of diseases. _Anatrum_ is glasse melted into divers colours, which they call _smaltum_, or _terra Sarasenica_. _Andena_ is Steel brought from the orientall countries, which melts in the fire like other Metall, and is cast into severall forms. _Anthos_ in Vegetables signifies Rosemary flowers, and in Metalls it signifies the Elixir or quintessence of Gold. _Anticar_ is _Borax_. _Anatris_, or _Antaris_ is Mercury. _Aniada_ are the fruits, and vertues of paradise, and heaven, also the sacraments of Christians, in naturall Philosophy it signifies the Astrall vertues, and celestiall, as they conduce by their influence unto long life. _Aniaday_ signifies an eternall spring, a new world to come, or paradise. _Aniadum_ is a celestiall body planted in us Christians by the Holy-ghost, by the holy sacraments, or it is the spirituall man regenerated in us. _Aniadus_ is the efficacy of things. _Anima_ is our Mercury. _Anima Saturni_ is the sweetnesse of Lead. _Annora_ is the ashes of Egs, or Quick-lime. _Annus Aniadin_ is a long life. _Annus Platonicus_ is a common moneth, or an age. _Anodus_ is that which is separated from the nutriment by the kidnies. _Anodyna_ are Medicines procuring sleep. _Anontagius_ is the Philosophers stone. _Anotasier_, _Aliocab_ or _Alemzadar_ is Salt Armoniack. _Antera_ is a Medicine extracted out of hyacinths, also that yellow which growes in the middle of Lillies, and the like. _Anterit_ is Mercury. _Anthonor_, or _Athonar_ is a furnace. _Aphorismus_ is a generall rule in Physick, taken for granted. _Aqua celestina_ is Mercuriall water. _Aqua Celestis_ is rectified Wine, being in some sort made like to the heaven for subtilty, and purenesse. _Aqua corrodens_ is Vineger, and all Corrosive Liquor. _Aqua fecum vini_, is that which is made of the ashes of the lees of Wine, dissolved upon a marble like oyle of Tartar. _Aqua lubricata_ is made of mucilaginous things, as Sugar, Juleps, and the like. _Aqua permanens_ is that which is made of two most perfect Metalline bodies by a Philosophicall solution.