sugar of lead

[led]

noun Chemistry.

lead acetate.

Origin of sugar of lead

First recorded in 1655–65

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Washing the ulcerated parts with warm soap-suds, copperas, and sugar-of-lead may follow.
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British Dictionary definitions for sugar of lead

sugar of lead

noun

another name for lead acetate

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