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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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(n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Orpiment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/orpiment.html. 1828.
 
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