jubiter

See also: Jubiter

Middle English

Alternative forms

• iubiter, jubyter, iubyter, jupiter, iupiter, jupyter, iupyter, juppiter, iuppiter, jubiterus

Etymology

From Latin Iuppiter. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

Noun

jubiter (uncountable)

1. (rare, sometimes capitalised) A malleable, silvery metal; tin.
   • 1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland:

     The boke...shewith howe that saturne may be turnyd into lune and jubiter into white sol..by the mene of a water that is 7 times sharper..than ever was any vineger.

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Synonyms

• tyn

See also

• Jubiter

References

• “Jupiter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.