litharge

[ lith-ahrj, li-thahrj ]

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.

Origin of litharge

1
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

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litharge

/ (ˈlɪθɑːdʒ) /


noun
  1. another name for lead monoxide

Origin of litharge

1
C14: via Old French from Latin lithargyrus, from Greek, from lithos stone + arguros silver

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