massicot
English translation: massicot
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| 01:39 Jan 29, 2005 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / se passe au temps de Vermeer | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Tegan Raleigh United States | ||||||
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| 4 +5 | Litharge |
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| 5 | paper cutter |
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| 5 | yellow |
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| 5 | marzacotto |
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| 5 | massicot |
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| 3 | This might help |
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17 mins confidence: 
This might help Explanation: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mondalire/perle.htm There is lots of info on the period. |
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18 mins confidence:
paper cutter Explanation: massicot -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2005-01-29 02:03:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Massicot=Massicot Sorry it may not be paper cutter Massicot is given as a Mineral may be used in peinture http://webmineral.com/data/Massicot.shtml PbO Environment: Rare mineral of secondary origin associated with galena. Dimorphous with litharge. IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Locality: Stolberg, near Aachen, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. Name Origin: French name for lead oxide. Synonym: ICSD 15402 Lead Monoxide PDF 38-1477 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2005-01-29 02:04:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Please see axplanation Massicot \\Mas\"si*cot\\, n. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.] (Chem.) Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment. Litharge \\Lith\"arge\\, n. [OE. litarge, F. litharge, L. lithargyrus, Gr. ? the scum or foam of silver; li`qos stone + ? silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore.] (Chem.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot. http://dict.die.net/massicot/ |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5Litharge Explanation: It is lead oxide. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 29 mins (2005-01-29 05:09:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Etymology:Middle English masticote, from Middle French massicot, masticot, from Old Italian marzacotto, massicotto pottery glaze 1 : lead monoxide obtained as a yellow powder at temperatures below the melting point of the oxide — compare LITHARGE 1 2 : lead monoxide occurring native in the form of yellow crystals — compare LITHARGE 2 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 34 mins (2005-01-29 05:14:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You have it in GDT but you will have to look under the head \"Chemistry\"... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 37 mins (2005-01-29 05:17:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Since \"massicot\" occurs in English dictionaries such as Webster\'s why don\'t keep this term? |
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