massicot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of massicot
1425–75; late Middle English masticot < Middle French < Italian massicotto < Arabic masḥaqūniyā, perhaps < Greek
Example Sentences
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We have likewise the gray, yellow, and red oxyds of lead, which answer to the equally false or insignificant terms, ashes of lead, massicot, and minium.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
In a greater degree of heat it becomes massicot again, having parted with its pure air.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
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
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
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
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