stibium
Origin of stibium
1Words Nearby stibium
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How to use stibium in a sentence
Keren-Happuk, the name given by Job to one of his daughters, means "horn of stibium."
The Expositor's Bible | F. W. FarrarWe use cements when, without stibium, we part silver or copper or both so ingeniously and admirably from gold.
De Re Metallica | Georgius AgricolaThere are besides this, certain other cements which part gold from silver, composed of sulphur, stibium and other ingredients.
De Re Metallica | Georgius AgricolaThe sixth method consists in heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth of a libra each of sulphur, salt, and stibium.
De Re Metallica | Georgius AgricolaSome of the alabasti would contain kohl or stibium, some salves and ointments, others perhaps perfumed washes for the complexion.
History of Phoenicia | George Rawlinson
British Dictionary definitions for stibium
/ (ˈstɪbɪəm) /
an obsolete name for antimony
Origin of stibium
1Derived forms of stibium
- stibial, adjective
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