Definition of litharge Litharge
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- litharge (n.)
Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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litharge
lith′ärj, n. the semi-vitrified oxide of lead separated from silver in refining. [Fr.,—Gr. lithargyros—lithos, a stone, argyros, silver.]
