Definitions for: Azoth

Webster (1913) Definition: Az"oth, n. [LL. azoch, azoth, fr. Ar. az-zauq mercury.]
(Alchemy)
(a) The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was
formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be
extractable from them.
(b) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.