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porporino

CIDE DICTIONARY

porporinon. [It.].
     A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediæval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold.  Fairholt.  [1913 Webster]

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