Definitions
a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin minium.
Used in a sentence
“The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead with the protoxide have received the general name of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead.”
“[H]e was so overcome by suffering that his face, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.”
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01“Red lead pigment”6 letters
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