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‖ spodium Now rare.|ˈspəʊdɪəm|
Also 6 spodiom.
[L. spodium (Pliny), ad. Gr. σπόδιον = σποδός spode1. Cf. It. spodio, Sp., Pg. espodio.]
A fine powder obtained from various substances by calcination. (See quots. and cf. nill n.1)
a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 63 Medicynez restrictyuez bene þise; Camphore, accacia, spodium [text spodin], coriandre. 1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. (1535) 71 As spodium doth helpe and comforte the liuer. 1588T. Hickock tr. C. Frederick's Voy. 38 b, The Spodiom coniealeth in certaine canes. 1601Holland Pliny II. 520 There is a kind of Spodium also made of lead in the furnace. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 216 The ashes of their bones if salted, serve in stead of spodium. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelso's Trav. ii. 152 Spodium is the ashes of a tree growing near Sunda. 1671Phillips, Spodium, a sort of soot which rising from the trying of Brass, falls down at length to the bottom. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Moderns make their Spodium of Ivory burnt and calcined to a Whiteness. 1861[see spode1]. |