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Sugar of lead   /ʃˈʊgər əv lɛd/   Listen
Sugar of lead

noun
1.
A poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes.  Synonym: lead acetate.





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"Sugar of lead" Quotes from Famous Books



... by bandage, by the sorbentia externally, as powder of bark, white lead; solution of sugar of lead. And by the sorbentia internally after evacuations. See Sect. XXXIII. ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin
... put a teaspoonful of sugar of lead into a pailful of water and soak the garment fifteen ...
— The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) - The Whole Comprising A Comprehensive Cyclopedia Of Information For - The Home • Mrs. F.L. Gillette


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