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

To the oil so charged the author adds litharge and borate of lead, and paints a thin coat of this mixture over the surface of the glass, which is then carried to a proper furnace.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

They fall on to the floor, and are sprinkled with salt water, and are again smelted with ore and litharge, and become an emolument to the proprietors.

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

Various reagents, including glass-gall, litharge, salt, iron filings, lead, "alkali", talc, argol, saltpetre, sal-ammoniac, alum, vitriol, lime, sulphur, antimony, aqua fortis, or scheidwasser, etc., are made use of.

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

But lead, its ashes, red-lead, ochre, and litharge, are more efficacious for ores which melt easily; hearth-lead for those which melt with difficulty; and galena for those which melt with greater difficulty.

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

Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.

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