usnée
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of USNÉE s. f.
Terme de Chymie. C'est de la mousse qui croist sur un crane humain, qu'on dit être propre à faire l'onguent des armes, ou sympathique, dont parlent Paracelse & Crollius.
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