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Litharge
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Litharge'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/litharge.html. 1828.