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projectio

projectio [CL] 1 (act of) throwing. b (alch.) casting of substance into crucible, projection, transmutation of metal. item in motu ~onis projectum projicitur quando projiciens non manet projiciens Duns Metaph. V 2 p. 197b; Socrates vult proicere merces in mari, posito casu communi de ~one mercium in mari Kilvington Soph. 48nn.  b de clavibus alkimie: ‥ purificatio, distillatio, ‥ liquatio, ~o Bacon Tert. sup. 86; sunt ‥ claves artis, congelatio, resolutio, inceratio, ~o Id. NM 548; sic ergo facies ~onem Dastin Ros. 21; multi per ignoranciam destruxerunt opus suum, quum faciunt ~onem super metallum impurum Ripley Axiom. 117. 2 ejection (of spit). die ‥ xvij. emendatum est sputum ejus et laudabile in colore et substantia et facilis ~onis Ric. Med. Signa 36. 3 overthrow, defeat. s1455 jam ‥ projectus est accusator ille impius ‥. ‥ illius ~o vestra erit ereccio ad culmen honoris Reg. Whet. I 170. 4 forming of mental project, planning. a peccato ‥ composicionis vel ~onis libelli famosi Mon. Francisc. II 98.

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