SC - Al-Cohol

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> Corwyn said:
> 
> >It is refereed to by Moslem alchemists as Al-Cohol MiLady...
> 
> This sounds like a urban legend. Referances or quotes, please.
> Dates? Or can someone tell me what that translates into in whatever
> language it is in?

According to my fair-to-middling desktop dictionary, the word is:

(ML < Ar. Al kohl), orig. powder of antimony, meaning changed in
European usage.

Considering that Arab alchemists are believed to have invented
distillation, too, this does seem fairly likely.

Adamantius 
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Phil & Susan Troy

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