Alum --A white transparent mineral salt Ambergris --An odiferous wax-like substance of ashy marbled colour, made from the intestines of the sperm whale

Belladonna --The specific name of the deadly nightshade, used cosmetically to enlarge the pupil of the eye.

Benjamin --Gum benzoin (a dry and brittle resinous substance with a fragrant vanilla-y odor and slightly aromatic taste).

Calamus Aromaticus --Some Eastern aromatic plant or plants (supposed by some to be the sweet scented lemongrass of Malabar). Applied by some English herbalists to the native Sweet Flag or Sweet Rush.

Ceruse --A name for white lead.

Civet --A musk-like substance obtained from sacs or glands in the anal pouch of several animals of the civet genus.

Dittany --A labiate plant, formerly famous for its alleged medicinal values.

Fucus --A paint or cosmetic for beautifying the skin, or a wash or colour for the face.

Kohl --A cosmetic powder used around the eye that usually consisted of finely powdered antimony.

Labdanum --A resinous balsamic substance.

Laudanum --A name for various preparations in which opium was the main ingredient.

Lignum Aloes --A type of tree.

Lye --Alkalized water made from vegetable ashes used for washing.

Marshmallow --A shrubby herb that grows near salt marshes.

Mastic --A gum or resign exuded from the bark of an evergreen shrub.

Musk --An odiferous reddish-brown substance secreted in a gland or sac by the male musk deer.

Oil of Vitriol --Concentrated sulphuric acid.

Sandiver --A liquid saline found floating over the glass after vitrification.

Storar calamite --A fossil plant.

Storax --A fragrant gum resin (aka benzoin / styrax).

Sublimate --A solid product of sublimation, especially in the form of a compact crystalline cake

Verdigris --A green rust naturally forming on copper and brass. 

Miscellaneous Terms or Items

Buffin Cloth -- A coarse cloth.

Drachms --A weight approximately equivalent to the Greek coin, the Drachma. In Apothecaries weight it equals 60 grains or 1/8th of an ounce.

Graines --A unit of weight equal to1/5760th of a pound troy or 1/7000th of a pound avoirdupois.

Limbek --(alembic) - An apparatus formerly used in distilling consisting of a gourd shaped vessel containing the substance to be distilled surmounted by the head or cap or the alembic proper the beak of which conveyed the vaporous products to a receiver in which they were condensed.

Searce --A sieve or strainer.