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auripigment
† auriˈpigment Obs. [ad. L. auripigmentum (also in Eng. use), = auri of gold + pigmentum colouring matter. Now replaced by the form orpiment through Fr.] A bright yellow mineral, the trisulphide of arsenic (As2S3), used by painters under the name of King's Yellow. Cf. arsenic 1 a.1398 Trevisa Barth....
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orpiment
orpiment (ˈɔːpɪmənt) Also 5–7 orpement, 5 -mynt, orpyment, 6–7 orp(e)mente, (orpinent), 6–8 orpment. See also auripigment. [a. OF. orpiment (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), also or pieument, or pigment (Godef.), ad. L. auripigmentum (Vitruv.) gold pigment. Cf. It. orpimento, Sp. oropimiento.] A bright yell...
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Choquelimpie
Acanthite, auripigment, galena, realgar and sphalerite are among the ores found at Choquelimpie.
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striving
▪ I. striving, vbl. n. (ˈstraɪvɪŋ) [-ing1.] The action of the verb strive; an instance of this.c 1205 Lay. 15561 Vmben ane stunde heo bigunnen striuinge. c 1290 St. James 284 in S. Eng. Leg. 42 Bi-twene þe fader and þe sone þe striuingue laste longue. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 250 Batailis and str...
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Natural resources of Azerbaijan
The largest deposits of Arsenic in Azerbaijan are found in the Gadabay (Bitibulag Enargit Field) and Julfa (Dardagh auripigment-real bed) areas.
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ruptive
ˈruptive, a. rare. [f. L. rupt- (cf. next) + -ive.] Causing, or tending to cause, breaking.c 1425 tr. Arderne's Surgery (E.E.T.S.) 83 Witte þou þat auripigment is desiccatyue,..ruptyue and cauteriatyue.a 1890 Engineer LXIX. 492 (Cent.), The action of a torsional ruptive force on rounding curves.
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threadiness
ˈthreadiness rare. [f. thready + -ness.] The quality of being thready; in quot., stringiness.c 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 82 Arsenic & auripigment bene boþe one,..but auripigment is..more disesy for to grynde for his þredinez. 1864 in Webster.
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dissolving
▪ I. diˈssolving, vbl. n. [f. dissolve + -ing1.] The action of the verb dissolve (q.v.), in various senses; dissolution.1398 Trevisa Barth. de P.R. xvi. vi. (1495) 555 The cytrine auripigment..hath vertue of dyssoluyng and temprynge. 1577 Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619) 31, I am now ready to be offer...
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