chemic

/K EH1 M IH0 K/
adjective
  1. 1

    (now rare) Chemical.

  2. 2

    (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.

  3. 3

    (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.

noun
  1. 1

    (now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.

  2. 2

    (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

verb
  1. 1

    (obsolete, transitive) To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.