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Mineralogy. An ore containing lead; spec. litharge or (occasionally) galena; (also) red lead. Obsolete.
That has been treated with fire for a specific purpose. Calcined or treated by fire for use as a drug, pigment, etc., as burnt alum, burnt carmine, b…