massicot
(ˈmæsɪkɒt)
Forms: α. 5–8 masticote, 6 mastecott, 7 masticoate, -cut, 8 -coat, 6– masticot. β. 6 maskett, 8 masicot, 7– massicot.
[a. F. massicot (1480 in Hatz.-Darm.), in 16th c. once masticot (Godefr., who explains it as ‘mastic’, app. erroneously). Of obscure origin: cf. the synonymous It. marzacotto; also Sp. mazacote kali, mortar.]
Yellow protoxide of lead, used as a pigment.
| α 1472 Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 79 Pro ij lb. masticote pro pictura supradictorum candelabrorum. 1546 Inv. Ch. Surrey (1869) 106 Item for a li. of mastecott ijs. 1573 Art of Limning 2 The like sise may you make with..red or yellow okir, orpiment or masticot. 1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 84 Yellow. The best is Masticoate. 1695 Dryden Du Fresnoy's Art Paint. 172 The Masticot is very Light, because it is a very clear yellow, and very near to white. 1735 Dict. Polygraph. s.v. Face, For the faintest and weakest colour..[use] a very small quantity of pink or masticote. 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 415 Masticot, as a pigment is flake-white, or white-lead gently calcined, by which it is changed to a yellow. |
| β 1532 in E. Law Hampton Crt. Pal. (1885) I. 363, 12 lb. of white lead..1 lb. of maskett. 1658 Phillips, Massicot, a kinde of Oaker, made of Ceruse, or white Lead. 1776 Phil. Trans. LXVI. 620 The massicot had a pale greenish cast, owing to iron. 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 488 Masicot or yellow Calx. 1873 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 450 Litharge or massicot. |