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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., an early name for the metal cadmium.
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We also have a few ships, including the melinum falcon.
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_ -- The ordinary Greek white was melinum, an earth from the Isle of Melos; for fresco-painting the best was the African parœtonium.
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Neque ccruiam, neque melinum, ncquealiaia. uilam oiTuciam.
Chemical Essays. 1783
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