litharge

American  

[lith-ahrj, li-thahrj] / ˈlɪθ ɑrdʒ, lɪˈθɑrdʒ /

noun

1. a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.

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litharge British  

/ ˈlɪθɑːdʒ /

noun

1. another name for lead monoxide

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Etymology

Origin of litharge

1350–1400; earlier litarge, litharge, Middle English litarge < Middle French, apocopated variant of litargire < Latin lithargyrus < Greek lithárgyros spume of silver, equivalent to lith- lith- + árgyros silver

Example Sentences

The alloy having cooled, it is again crushed to powder and a pound of litharge is added to it; then it is heated again in another crucible until it melts.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

If the ore does not melt, add to it a little more of these fluxes, mixed with an equal portion of yellow litharge, and stir it with a hot iron rod until it all melts.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The crucibles and their covers are crushed, washed, and the sediment is melted together with litharge and hearth-lead.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Further, the litharge would probably take up some sulphur and throw down metallic lead into the "lump".

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

It is not, however, until the beginning of the Christian era that we get definite literary information, especially with regard to litharge, in Dioscorides and Pliny.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius