antimonial

British  

/ ˌæntɪˈməʊnɪəl /

adjective

1. of or containing antimony

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noun

1. a drug or agent containing antimony

Example Sentences

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

Pills with gum ammoniac. gum guaiac. and antimonial powder were directed, with infus. amar. simpl. twice a day.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

At the close of hostilities there had accumulated in the United States large surplus stocks of antimony and antimonial materials.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

Indeed, according to one, though less authentic, version of the story, some of the poor monks, the unconscious subjects of the experiment, even perished as the result of the ingestion of the antimonial compounds.

From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.

Which is the most powerful narcotic—opium, henbane, or a lecture upon practice of physic; and will a moderate dose of antimonial wine sweat a man as much as an examination at Apothecaries’ Hall?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 by Various