stibium
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of stibium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin stibi ( s ), stibium < Greek stíbi (variant of stímmi < Egyptian sdm )
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That thou dressest in scarlet, And deck'st thee in deckings of gold, With stibium widenest thine eyes.
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Sir George Adam Smith
Finally, the stibium with a little lead added, is melted in the cupel, in which, after all the rest has been consumed by the fire, the silver alone remains.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Equal portions of iron scales and filings and of stibium are thrown into an earthenware crucible which, when covered with a lid and sealed, is placed in a furnace, into which air is blown.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Later, with the application of that term to the metal, the sulphide was termed "grey antimony," and we have either used stibium for lack of better alternative, or adopted "grey antimony."
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Oh, the cursed devil, Which doth present us with all other sins Thrice candied o'er, despair with gall and stibium; Yet we carouse it off.
From The White Devil by John Webster
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