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massicot

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun massicot has 1 sense

massicot(n = noun.substance) massicotite - the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment; Array

is a kind of lead ore

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CIDE DICTIONARY

massicot, n. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.].

Lead monoxide (also called Lead protoxide), PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment. It is also called lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4. [1913 Webster]

" Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

massicot, n. yellow lead monoxide, used as a pigment.

Etymology

F, perh. rel. to It. marzacotto unguent prob. f. Arab. mashakunya

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