Charlton whiten.
A house-painters' pigment consisting of barium and strontium sulphates with zinc sulphide; = lithopone n. at litho- comb. form .
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1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 86 Under the name of Charlton White or silicate paints, Mr. J. B. Orr prepares a range of white paints which have come into extensive use.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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