antimonial

British  

/ ˌæntɪˈməʊnɪəl /

adjective

1. of or containing antimony

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noun

1. a drug or agent containing antimony

Example Sentences

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antimonial

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)

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

If the compound examined be the sulphide of antimony, the one-thousandth part can be readily detected, and hence this method is admirably adapted to the examination of medicinal antimonial compounds.

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

This is the same Evans who made so many antimonial cups, upon the sale whereof he chiefly subsisted.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Mix 5 grains of calomel and the same quantity of antimonial powder with a little bread-crumb, and make into two pills.

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