White-lead
11white lead — /led/ 1. a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2, used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns. 2. the putty made from this substance in oil. [1400 50; late ME] * * * any of several white pigments… …
12white lead — noun a white pigment consisting of a mixture of lead carbonate and lead hydroxide …
13white lead — noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead • Syn: ↑ceruse, ↑lead carbonate • Hypernyms: ↑pigment …
14white lead — /waɪt ˈlɛd/ (say wuyt led) noun 1. basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3.Pb(OH)2, a white, heavy powder formerly used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns. 2. the putty made from this substance in oil …
15white lead — noun A basic lead carbonate once used in paint …
16white-lead — n. Ceruse, carbonate of lead …
17white lead — noun (U) a poisonous compound of lead with carbon (1) and oxygen, used in the past in house paint …
18white lead ore — noun a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead • Syn: ↑cerussite • Hypernyms: ↑mineral • Substance Meronyms: ↑lead, ↑Pb, ↑atomic number 82 * * * noun …
19White lead — Свинцовые белила …
20Maryland White Lead Works — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
