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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, n. [OE. brimston, bremston bernston
brenston; cf Icel. brennistein See {Burn}, v. t., and
{Stone}.]
Sulphur; See {Sulphur}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, a.
Made of or pertaining to brimstone; as brimstone matches.
From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the
devil has gone. --Coleridge.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brimstone
n : an old name for sulfur [syn: {native sulfur}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Brimstone
an inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the
shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed
by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9
allusion is made to the destruction of these cities. This word
figuratively denotes destruction or punishment (Job 18:15; Isa.
30:33; 34:9; Ps 11:6; Ezek. 38:22). It is used to express the
idea of excruciating torment in Rev. 14:10; 19:20; 20:10.
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