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White lead   /waɪt lɛd/   Listen
White lead

noun
1.
A poisonous white pigment that contains lead.  Synonyms: ceruse, lead carbonate.



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"White lead" Quotes from Famous Books



... not come down again. They ultimately found her lying dead on the floor of her dressing-room. She had swallowed something by mistake, some dreadful thing they use at theatres. I don't know what it was, but it had either prussic acid or white lead in it. I should fancy it was prussic acid, as she seems ...
— The Picture of Dorian Gray • Oscar Wilde


Words linked to "White lead" :   pigment


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