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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pigment made of flakes of white lead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In painting: The purest white lead, in the form of scales or plates. It has the best body of any white. When levigated, it is called
body white . - noun Basic nitrate of bismuth, or pearl-white.
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