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Orpiment   /ˈɔrpəmənt/   Listen
Orpiment

noun
1.
A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic.





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"Orpiment" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sanjivnividya, or the science of restoring the dead to life. This he had taken from its hidden place, two beams almost touching one another with the ends in the opposite wall. The precious volume was in single leaves, some six inches broad by treble that length, and the paper was stained with yellow orpiment and the juice of tamarind seeds to ...
— Vikram and the Vampire • Sir Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Orpiment" :   mineral, atomic number 33, arsenic, as


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