jubiter

See also: Jubiter

Middle English

Alternative forms

iubiter, jubyter, iubyter, jupiter, iupiter, jupyter, iupyter, juppiter, iuppiter, jubiterus

Etymology

From Latin Iuppiter. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

Noun

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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

tyn

See also

Jubiter

References

“Jupiter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

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