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Brimstone

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the popular name of sulphur, particularly of the commercial "roll sulphur." The word means literally "burning stone"; the first part being formed from the stem of the Mid. Eng. brennen, to burn. Earlier forms of the word are brenstone, bernstone, brynstone, &c.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Brimstone'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/brimstone.html. 1910.
 
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