massicot

American  

[mas-i-kot] / ˈmæs ɪˌkɒt /

noun

1. monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.

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massicot British  

/ ˈmæsɪˌkɒt /

noun

1. a yellow earthy secondary mineral consisting of lead oxide. Formula: PbO

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Etymology

Origin of massicot

1425–75; late Middle English masticot < Middle French < Italian massicotto < Arabic masḥaqūniyā, perhaps < Greek

Example Sentences

In the progress of calcination it first becomes a dusky grey powder, then yellow, when it is called massicot; then, by imbibing pure air, it becomes red, and is called minium, or red lead.

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

It is an oxide of uncertain composition, prepared by subjecting massicot to the heat of a furnace with an expanded surface and free accession of air.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Every facility is also afforded by its streams for erecting works for the manufacture of white and red lead, massicot, litharge, shot, sheet-lead, mineral yellow, and the other manufactures dependent upon lead.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

This is procured by mixing massicot, or Naples yellow, with a small quantity of realgar, and a very little Spanish white.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

The German term indicates that this "Lead Ochre," a form of PbO, is what in the English trade is known as massicot, or masticot.

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