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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous bright red powder, Pb3O4, used in paints, glass, pottery, and packing for pipe joints.
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- noun a bright red, poisonous
oxide oflead , Pb3O4, used as apigment and inglass andceramics
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- noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
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