white lead

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Tin, golden marcasite.

   “It is not amiſs here to give the differences betwixt white Lead, or Tin, Biſmuth, Tin-glaſs, or aſh-coloured Lead, and this common Lead, which they call black Lead;”

2. isim A basic lead carbonate, particularly (historical) as once widely used for white paint, whitening cosmetics, and early medicine.

   “The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.”