limaille
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use of iron, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form of opiate, with tonics."
- "[I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think would meet every case."
- "I have with much pleasure listened to Mr. Bennett's paper on refining gold, and the reduction of limaille, but as I consider every dentist may not have the means of applying the dry process, allow me to state the mode I recommend, as being the less elaborate, and the less expensive. Limaille generally consists of gold, silver, iron, lead, tin, zinc, and bone filings."
Etymology
From French limaille.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: limaille