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(obsolete) tin, golden marcasite / A basic lead carbonate formerly widely used for a white pigment in paint.

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white lead

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obsolete uncountable

(obsolete) tin, golden marcasite / A basic lead carbonate formerly widely used for a white pigment in paint.

Japanese Meaning

（廃語）かつて、ティンまたはゴールデン・マルカサイトと呼ばれていた（意味そのものではなく、古い用法としての表現） / 基本性白色鉛炭酸塩。かつて塗料の白色顔料として広く用いられた物質

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The jeweler recognized the small, glittering white lead set into the brooch as golden marcasite.

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宝石商は、ブローチに嵌め込まれた小さくきらめく金色の黄鉄鉱だと見分けた。

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(obsolete) tin, golden marcasite

It is not amiſs here to give the differences betwixt white Lead, or Tin, Biſmuth, Tin-glaſs, or aſh-coloured Lead, and this common Lead, which they call black Lead;

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A basic lead carbonate formerly widely used for a white pigment in paint.

The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.

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