Lavoesium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lavoesium \La*v[oe]"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Lavoisier, the
     celebrated French chemist.] (Chem.)
     A supposed new metallic element, which was said to have been
     discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of
     a silver-white color, and malleable. It is not currently
     (1998) a recognized element.


     [1913 Webster +PJC] Lavolt