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Etymology
French massicot; English masticot is a corruption
Noun
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#chemistry lead monoxide, 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; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>.
#:Note Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.
#:Quotations
#:*1952: Besides orpiment, already referred to, one occasionally gets mention of massicot, a yellow lead paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 169.
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trans-top|lead monoxide
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