Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Orpiment

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Orpiment


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(n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.