Mineralogy. An ore containing lead; spec. litharge or (occasionally) galena; (also) red lead. Obsolete.

a type of lead ore used in the manufacture of pottery glazes; galena.

(See quots.)

An ore containing lead (probably galena).

lead or lead ore used for glazing pottery.

Native lead sulphide; the common lead ore. falseor pseudo galena = black jack, n.2 2. Also called lead-glance.

More fully blue lead ore. Galena. Obsolete.

Galena (lead ore) used as the basis of a green pottery glaze, esp. in Spain and France; potter's ore.

galena.

= galena, n.