Hypertext Webster Gateway: "minium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minium \Min"i*um\ (?; 277), n. [L. minium, an Iberian word, the
Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf. Basque
armine['a].] (Chem.)
A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of
lead, {Pb3O4}, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a
gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement,
as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called
also {red lead}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
minium
n : a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints
and in glass and ceramics [syn: {red lead}]
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