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stibium
[ stib-ee-uhm ]
stibium
/ ˈstɪbɪəm /
noun
- an obsolete name for antimony
Derived Forms
- ˈstibial, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of stibium1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stibium1
Example Sentences
Here is cerussa, here is stibium, and here purpurissum.
But oh, my little ladies, when he lectured you and flung your stibium, your cerussa, and your purpurissum back in your faces, 'tis then I was like to burst; a grinds my colours.
Phosphorus, Arsenic, and Stibium produced no relief.
The “primitive” vessels which have been found in Egypt are small in size and consist of columnar stibium jars, flattened bottles and amphorae, all decorated with zigzag lines, tiny wide-mouthed vases on feet and minute jugs.
Stibium when smelted in the crucible and refined has as much right to be regarded as a proper metal as is accorded to lead by writers.
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