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massicot

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Noun
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mas=si=cot

CIDE DICTIONARY

massicotn. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.].
     Lead monoxide (also called Lead protoxide), PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment. It is also called lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4.  [1913 Webster]
    " Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

massicot, n. yellow lead monoxide, used as a pigment.

Etymology
F, perh. rel. to It. marzacotto unguent prob. f. Arab. mashakunya

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