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Minium

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion. historical, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics wordnet
  3. 3
    Red lead. uncountable, usually

    "The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead with the protoxide have received the general name of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead."

Etymology

From Latin minium.

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