liver of sulphur

British  

noun

1. a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases

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Example Sentences

Steep the grain or seed three or four hours, or a sufficient time for it to penetrate the skin, or husk, in a strong solution of liver of sulphur.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Potash potash Alkaline liver of sulphur with fixed vegetable alkali.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Soda soda Alkaline liver of sulphur with fixed mineral alkali.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

I placed the bottle, inverted, in a glass which was filled with a solution of liver of sulphur.

From Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 by Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

Common air, I find, is diminished, and rendered noxious, by liver of sulphur, which the chemists say exhales phlogiston, and nothing else.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph