Ār'oph, n.

n. [A contraction of aroma philosophorum.] A barbarous word which had various significations among the ancients. [Obs.]

Aroph Paracelsi, a chemical preparation of Paracelsus, formed by sublimation from equal quantities of hematite and sal ammoniac; also a mixture of saffron, bread, and wine, kept for some days in horse-dung and then distilled; also a solvent for the stone; a lithontriptic. Encyc. Coxe.