stibium
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- stibial adjective
Etymology
Origin of stibium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin stibi ( s ), stibium < Greek stíbi (variant of stímmi < Egyptian sdm )
Example Sentences
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The Nova Minerals Stibium prospect, part of the Estelle property, is not properly reflected in the dataset.
Phosphorus, Arsenic, and Stibium produced no relief.
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The “primitive” vessels which have been found in Egypt are small in size and consist of columnar stibium jars, flattened bottles and amphorae, all decorated with zigzag lines, tiny wide-mouthed vases on feet and minute jugs.
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Stibium when smelted in the crucible and refined has as much right to be regarded as a proper metal as is accorded to lead by writers.
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The second composition is made from one libra of each of the following, artificial orpiment, vitriol, lime, alum, ash which the dyers of wool use, one quarter of a libra of verdigris, and one and a half unciae of stibium.
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