Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Red lead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Red oxid of lead, Pb3O4, produced by maintaining the protoxid (litharge) at a low-red heat for some time in presence of air. It is a bright-orange granular powder, used as a pigment and in the manufacture of flint-glass. See
vermilion
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 ,lead tetroxide ,lead orthoplumbate ,mineral orange ,mineral red ,Paris red ,Saturn red , and less definitively,lead oxide .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That same Cyprian reflex would remain *minyu in Etruscan to yield Latin minium which is self-explanatory.
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You might want to put the magnets below the desk so they'll do the minium dammage.
Combining Binder Clips And Magnets For Easy Cable Access | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Illumination originally meant the application of minium, red lead, to decorate a piece of religious text written in black ink.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Illumination originally meant the application of minium, red lead, to decorate a piece of religious text written in black ink.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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As i have said many times, if you really want to be an American citizen, you should be required to serve in the military for a minium of 4 years.
Arizona senators call for stronger security on border with Mexico 2010
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If the healthcare reform bill is such a great deal for everyone and the voters wanted it, why did the Dems have to buy at least 10 senators votes for a minium of $300 million each.
GOP challenging constitutionality of health bill mandate 2009
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I, as an adult, for quite a time made little more than minium wage but, I was never poor.
I Heart Kevin Lang, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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These service jobs that barely pay minium wage are not going to support a family.
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You might want to put the magnets below the desk so they'll do the minium dammage.
Combining Binder Clips And Magnets For Easy Cable Access | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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CBI - they'd be the ones who've warned us of the minium wag, 'green' taxes and greedy workers ... but, hey, funnily enough, I havn't heard a word from them about the present crisis.
CBI goes doolally 2008
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Usage note in comment on mercuric sulfide.
October 4, 2017