Definition of "chemic" in English

adjective

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

2. (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.

3. (now rare) Chemical.

noun

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

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

verb

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