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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Minium  \Min"i*um\  (?;  277),  n.  [L.  minium,  an  Iberian  word  the 
  Romans  getting  all  their  cinnabar  from  Spain;  cf  Basque 
  armine['a].]  (Chem.) 
  A  heavy,  brilliant  red  pigment,  consisting  of  an  oxide  of 
  lead,  {Pb3O4},  obtained  by  exposing  lead  or  massicot  to  a 
  gentle  and  continued  heat  in  the  air.  It  is  used  as  a  cement, 
  as  a  paint,  and  in  the  manufacture  of  flint  glass.  Called 
  also  {red  lead}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  minium 
  n  :  a  reddish  oxide  of  lead  (Pb3O4)  used  as  a  pigment  in  paints 
  and  in  glass  and  ceramics  [syn:  {red  lead}] 




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