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liver of antimony

liver of antimony noun: synonym of antimony sulfide.

Noun

liver of antimony (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of antimony sulfide.
    • CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
    • The crocus metallorum, or liver of antimony, was a violent cathartic and emetic.1920 May 15, Lancet, No. 1047, p. 1

Synonyms of liver of antimony

Origin of liver of antimony

From a supposed resemblance to the color of animals' livers.

Questions about liver of antimony

What does liver of antimony mean?
Liver of antimony means synonym of antimony sulfide.
What part of speech is liver of antimony?
Liver of antimony is a noun.

Words near liver of antimony in the dictionary

  1. liver cancers
  2. liver fluke
  3. liver flukes
  4. liver function test
  5. liver function tests
  6. liver of antimony
  7. liver of sulfur
  8. liver rot
  9. liver salts
  10. liver sausage
  11. liver sausages

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