sugar of lead

[ led ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. lead acetate.

sugar of lead

/ lɛd /

noun

1. another name for lead acetate

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar of lead¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

"The lead slowly dissolves out into the wine itself. The intriguing thing is that you get a compound that used to be known as 'the sugar of lead'."

From BBC

Ulcers may also be kept clean, if dressed with a little lard, or washed with a weak solution of sugar of lead; if they are indolent, they may be touched with blue-stone.

From Project Gutenberg

Tartar-emetic, sugar of lead, calomel, afford daily instances of this fact; and it is also admitted that many substances act differently upon the healthy or the sick.

From Project Gutenberg

For instance, write on paper with a colorless solution of sugar of lead; if the water that is used for the solution be pure, no trace of the writing will remain when it becomes dry.

From Project Gutenberg

Cowhage, corrosive sublimate, tin-filings, sugar of lead, white precipitate, oil of turpentine, opium nitre—these, together with aloes, jalap, tobacco, hellebore, and a very small proportion of sanative agents, make up the list.

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