liver of sulphur

British  

noun

1. a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases

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Example Sentences

Another species of air absorbed by water, but not instantly, is termed hepatic air, being produced by the solution of liver of sulphur, or of sulphurated iron, in vitriolic or marine acid.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

Steep the grain or seed three or four hours, or a sufficient time for it to penetrate the skin, or husk, in a strong solution of liver of sulphur.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Common air, I find, is diminished, and rendered noxious, by liver of sulphur, which the chemists say exhales phlogiston, and nothing else.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph

I placed the bottle, inverted, in a glass which was filled with a solution of liver of sulphur.

From Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 by Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

In the treatment of medicated baths, usually composed of that most evil-smelling compound liver of sulphur and water—in professional language, "a sulphuretted potash solution"—I own I have little or no faith.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie