† rosalger Obs.
Also rosealgar, -alger.
[var. of resalgar (cf. Pg. rosalgar): see also rosaker.]
Realgar, disulphide of arsenic.
| 14.. [see resalgar]. 1545 Bk. of Rates C iij b, Rosealgar the C. pound. 1580 Greene Mamillia i. Wks. (Grosart) II. 114 The mouse, if she feede vpon rose-alger for the glistering hue, deserueth to be poysoned. 1662 Stat. Irel. (1765) II. 403 Rosalger, vide arsenick, the pound 4{supd}. |