Brimstone

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: brim=stone

CIDE DICTIONARY

Brimstone, n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone.].

 Sulphur; See Sulphur.  [1913 Webster]

Brimstone, a. 

 Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.  [1913 Webster]
"From his brimstone bed at break of day
A-walking the devil has gone."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Brimstone, n.
1 archaic the element sulphur.
2 a butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, or moth, Opisthograptis luteolata, having yellow wings.

Etymology

ME prob. f. OE bryne burning + STONE

ROGET THESAURUS

Brimstone

Fuel

N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.