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white lead

  [led]
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–noun
1. a white, heavy powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2, used as a pigment, in putty, and in medicinal ointments for burns.
2. the putty made from this substance in oil.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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white lead   (lěd)   
n.  A heavy white poisonous powder, essentially basic lead carbonate, used in paint pigments.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: white lead
Function: noun
: any of several white lead-containing pigments; especially : a heavy poisonous basic carbonate of lead of variablecomposition that is used chiefly in exterior paints
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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