stibium
Americannoun
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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The most prized were gold, silver, ivory, ebony and other woods, cassia, kohl or stibium, apes, baboons, dogs, slaves, and leopard skins.
From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George
The mineral mastemut is thought to be a species of stibium or antimony, used for dying the skin around the eyes, and so increasing their beauty.
From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George
The stibi or stibium of Agricola was no doubt the sulphide, and he follows Dioscorides in dividing it into male and female species.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
If the ore contains any stibium, then iron slag is added to it; if pyrites, then are added cakes melted from a cupriferous stone and sand made from stones which easily melt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The seventh method consists of heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth each of iron scales and filings, salt, stibium, and glass-galls.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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