white lead
Noun
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Noun
white lead (uncountable)
- (obsolete) tin, golden marcasite
- a basic lead carbonate formerly widely used for a white pigment in paint
- Synonyms: lead white, flake white, silver white, slate white, Berlin white, Cremnitz white/Kremnitz white, Crems white/Krems white, Nottingham white, Vienna white
- French: céruse, blanc de plomb, blanc de Saturne
- German: Bleiweiß
- Russian: свинцо́вые бели́ла
- Spanish: albayalde
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