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rosalger
† 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 glist...
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rosaker
† roˈsaker Obs. Also 6 rosager, 7 rosacre. [Alteration of rosalger.] Realgar.1592 Wills & Inv. Durh. (Surtees) 212, iiij lbs. of arsnecke and rosager 8{supd}. 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iii. v, A tabacco-pipe..will stifle them all in the end, as many as vse it; it's little better then rats bane,...
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resalgar
† reˈsalgar Obs. Also 4–5 reys-, rysalgar; 5 rys-, rosalgere; 5 ras-, 7 resalger; 6 resagar, -gor. [ad. Arab. rahj al-ghār (see realgar), the j being represented by s, as in It. risigallo, med.L. risigallum, resegale. The form rosalger appears later as rosager rosaker.] Realgar, disulphide of arseni...
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