单词 | litharge |
释义 | litharge /lith"ahrj, li thahrj"/, n. a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks. Also called lead monoxide, lead oxide, plumbous oxide. Cf. red lead. [1350-1400; earlier litarge, litharge, ME litarge < MF, apocopated var. of litargire < L lithargyrus < Gk lithárgyros spume of silver, equiv. to lith- LITH- + árgyros silver] |
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