Minium

2 definitions found

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

  minium \min"i*um\ (?; 277), n. [L. minium, an Iberian word, the
     Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf. Basque
     armine['a].] (Chem.)
     A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of
     lead, {Pb3O4}, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a
     gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement,


     as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called
     also {red lead}, {lead tetroxide}, {lead orthoplumbate},
     {mineral orange}, {mineral red}, {Paris red}, {Saturn red},
     and less definitively, {lead oxide}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  minium
       n : a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints
           and in glass and ceramics [syn: {red lead}]