limaille

Definitions

Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel.

obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use⟳ of iron⟳, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form⟳ of opiate, with tonics.”

“[I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process⟳, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think⟳ would meet⟳ every case.”

“I have⟳ with much pleasure listened to Mr. Bennett's paper on refining gold, and the reduction of limaille, but as I consider⟳ every dentist may not have⟳ the means of applying the dry process⟳, allow⟳ me to state the mode I recommend⟳, as being the less elaborate, and the less expensive. Limaille generally consists of gold, silver, iron⟳, lead⟳, tin, zinc, and bone filings.”

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