Meaning of liver of antimony | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of antimony sulfide.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.”

“The crocus metallorum, or liver of antimony, was a violent cathartic and emetic.”

“The Lexicon Technicum... refers to ‘Crocus Metallorum’ or Liver of Antimony made by firing equal parts of powder of antimony and saltpetre.”

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