Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Red lead prepared by calcining lead carbonate. It has a brighter red color than minium, and is used as a pigment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

Etymologies

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Latin sandix, sandyx, vermilion, or a colour like vermilion, from Ancient Greek.

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