sugar of lead

Noun

Meaning

a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lead acetate acetate salt of Saturn lead sugar Goulard's powder lead acetate paper lead acetate solution lead diacetate lead ethanoate plumbous acetate

Hypernyms

dye acetate dyestuff ethanoate

Examples

As for Lucrezia, there wasn't even a rumor in her own day that the strawberries at her Wednesday luncheons were dipped in sugar of lead and the other dishes tastefully sprayed with antimony, hellebore, corrosive sublimate, and deadly nightshade, all popular Renaissance flavors. Will Cuppy

Close letter words and terms

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