ORPIMENT
\ˈɔːpɪmənt], \ˈɔːpɪmənt], \ˈɔː_p_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ORPIMENT
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William R. Warner
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Yellow sulphuret of arsenic, used as a pigment, and so called in allusion to its color and because it was supposed to contain gold.
By Daniel Lyons
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The native yellow sulphuret of arsenic. It is poisonous, but less so than the oxide. It is, also called Adarigo, Adaruech, Ahusal, Althanacha, Azarnet. The Turks prepare a depilatory with it, which they call Rusma.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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