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or·pi·ment
/ˈɔrpəmənt/
雌黃
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Or·pi·ment
n.
Chem.
Arsenic
sesquisulphide
,
produced
artificially
as
an
amorphous
lemon-yellow
powder
,
and
occurring
naturally
as
a
yellow
crystalline
mineral
; --
formerly
called
auripigment
.
It
is
used
in
king's
yellow
,
in
white
Indian
fire
,
and
in
certain
technical
processes
,
as
indigo
printing
.
Our
orpiment
and
sublimed
mercurie
.
--
Chaucer
.
Red orpiment
,
realgar
;
the
red
sulphide
of
arsenic
.
Yellow orpiment
,
king's
yellow
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
orpiment
n
:
a
yellow
mineral
occuring
in
conjunction
with
realgar
;
an
ore
of
arsenic
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