Alchemy

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 28

al'ke-ml, n. Occult chemistry: an ancient science which aimed to transmute base metals into gold, find the universal medicine, etc. [Ar. al-kimid, Gr. chemeia, fr. cheein, to pour.] — Alchemic, -ical, a. Relating to alchemy. — Alchem'ically, adv. — Al'chemist, n. One versed in, etc. — Alchemist'- ical, a.