† auripigmentn.
Obsolete.
A bright yellow mineral, the trisulphide of arsenic (As2S3), used by painters under the name of King's Yellow. Cf. arsenic n. 1a.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. vi. 830 Plato seiþ þat auripigment is hoote and drye..and þereof is double kynde, reede and citrine.
1596 W. Phillip tr. Bk. Secrets i. sig. B3 Take Auripigmentum and red lead.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 512 Mug-wort..with Auri pigment, killeth Wolues and mice.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 244 Strew upon it..Powder of Auripigmentum.
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