litharge

American  

[lith-ahrj, li-thahrj] / ˈlɪθ ɑrdʒ, lɪˈθɑrdʒ /

noun

1. a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.

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litharge British  

/ ˈlɪθɑːdʒ /

noun

1. another name for lead monoxide

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Etymology

Origin of litharge

1350–1400; earlier litarge, litharge, Middle English litarge < Middle French, apocopated variant of litargire < Latin lithargyrus < Greek lithárgyros spume of silver, equivalent to lith- lith- + árgyros silver

Example Sentences

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litharge

The crucible is heated in an hour, and then, with the hooked bar with which the litharge is drawn off, he stirs the remainder of the charcoal about.

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

This charge of 120 centumpondia in the cupellation furnace would normally make more than 110 centumpondia of litharge and 30 of hearth-lead, i.e., saturated furnace bottoms.

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

Further, the litharge would probably take up some sulphur and throw down metallic lead into the "lump".

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

In the third stage the litharge comes over.

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

The "third" alloy consists of three centumpondia of litharge and of half a centumpondium each of de-silverized lead, of lead made from thorns, and of copper minutum contusum.

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