jubiter
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Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin Iuppiter. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.
Noun[edit]
jubiter (uncountable)
- (rare, sometimes capitalised) A malleable, silvery metal; tin.
- 1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland:
- The boke...shewith howe that saturne may be turnyd into lune and jubiter into white sol..by the mene of a water that is 7 times sharper..than ever was any vineger.
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References[edit]
- “Jupiter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.