white lead

Definitions

1. Tin, golden marcasite.
   obsolete, uncountable
2. A basic lead carbonate, particularly (historical) as once widely used for white paint, whitening cosmetics, and early medicine.
   uncountable

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Examples

“It is not amiſs here to give⟳ the differences betwixt white Lead⟳, or Tin, Biſmuth, Tin-glaſs, or aſh-coloured Lead⟳, and this common Lead⟳, which they call⟳ black Lead⟳;”

“The beginning of a new episode of work⟳ for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead⟳, prepared by himself to save⟳ an experimental waste⟳ of canvas.”

“Such eminent and renowned scientists as Fourcroy, Berthollet and Vauquelin all enthusiastically supported zinc white, the defects of which "are so slight compared to the disadvantages of using white lead⟳, that its adoption cannot be reasonably refused."”

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