arsenical
[ahr-sen-i-kuh l]
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adjective
containing or relating to arsenic.
noun
any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
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Origin of arsenical
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Historical Examples of arsenical
The Arsenical vapours being conducted into this passage, adhere both to the sides thereof and to the joists that lye across it.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.Pierre Joseph Macquer
This is owing to some particles of inflammable matter, from which Arsenical minerals are seldom quite free.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.Pierre Joseph Macquer
Arsenical compounds have supplanted practically all other substances used to combat external biting insects.
Apple GrowingM. C. Burritt
Arsenical Soaps, &c.—Arsenic is used in preserving the skins of animals.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
A fresh section of it shows it to be Arsenical Iron Pyrites, each piece weighing four or five ounces.
The Mound BuildersGeorge Bryce
arsenical
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n.
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