antimonial

British  

/ ˌæntɪˈməʊnɪəl /

adjective

1. of or containing antimony

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noun

1. a drug or agent containing antimony

Example Sentences

Fuses with much spirting and covers the charcoal with antimonial fumes.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

A third kept open an ulcer on the leg, rubbing in a little antimonial ointment, which I bought at fifty cents, and sold him at five dollars a box.

From The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

It is difficult to see the object of preserving the antimony with such a sulphurizing "addition," unless it was desired to secure a regulus of antimony alone from a given antimonial ore.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Saline Mixture.—Take of mint-water, 6 ounces; powdered nitre, 20 grains; antimonial wine, 3 drachms; spirits of nitre, 2 drachms; syrup of saffron, 2 drachms.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

"Mr. Smith says, please let me have the jug of antimonial wine he left here."

From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)