colcotar
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of COLCOTAR s. m.
Terme de Chymie. C'est le marc qui reste dans la cornuë aprés la distillation du vitriol. On l'appelle aussi terre damnée, ou caput mortuum.
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