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That preparation which the alchemists thought would convert any baser metal into gold. It is sometimes called the Philosopher’s Stone, the Great Elixir, and the Great Magisterium. (See White Tincture.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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