(n) :
(Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]; (Bot. Chem.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral
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(n) :
(Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]; (Bot. Chem.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral