Even so, the words do not agitate the meth-addled hamsters that operate my mental machinery to the extent that 'orpiment' does. From Wordnik.com. [Sadly, No!] Reference
Best slaked lime, 6 ounces; orpiment, fine powder, 1 ounce. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
The name arsenic comes from the Greek word arsenikon, which means orpiment. From Wordnik.com. [Arsenic] Reference
"Pencil blue" was made by heating finely ground indigo with orpiment and potash. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
With sulphides or pigments containing sulphur, orpiment may be used with less danger. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
We are far from recommending orpiment as an eligible colour, and it is highly poisonous. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
It is believed that he heated soap and orpiment together and isolated elemental arsenic. From Wordnik.com. [Arsenic] Reference
This was possible by altering the coloring material through the addition of orpiment, which slowed reaction time. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
It is much like orpiment in colour, dries better, and not being affected by lead, is less liable to change in tint. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Mix together realgar and orpiment; some object to this mixture on account of the poisonous nature of the ingredients. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Several other, less-common minerals contain arsenic, including orpiment, realgar, and enargite, which are arsenic sulfides. From Wordnik.com. [Arsenic] Reference
As for the mineral colors, sulfur is an essential ingredient of such colors as orpiment and cinnabar, and it can never be removed. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
We have found in them a large proportion of orpiment, chromate of lead, &c., together with quantities of soluble salt, extracted by boiling water. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Being cheaper than formerly, vermilion is not so much adulterated as it once was; although, even now, brickdust, orpiment, &c. sometimes sophisticate it. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Zirník or orpiment, 3 parts: it is applied in the Hammam to a perspiring skin, and it must be washed off immediately the hair is loosened or it burns and discolours. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Dissolve realgar with one part of orpiment, with aqua fortis. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
Caligula is said to have made experi - ments with the view of extracting gold from orpiment. —. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Chemical Philosophy: Part 1, Vol.1] Reference
Green Velvet -- Mix Prussian blue and red-orpiment, shade with purple, and touch up the lights with a little white. From Wordnik.com. [History and Practice of the Art of Photography] Reference
Bactria, Armenia, Korman, and many parts of Affghanistan; orpiment from Bactria, Kerman, and the Hazareh country; antimony from Armenia. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
(coloured arsenic, or orpiment), a strong poison, is rubbed in. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
Orange — Red orpiment — Garden marigold. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
When as we traded orpiment. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House] Reference
Oakum; oranges, lemons, and limes; orpiment. From Wordnik.com. [Tariff of the Confederate States of America : approved by Congress, May 21, 1861 : to be of force from and after August 31, 1861,] Reference
Vermilion and orpiment, heightened with white. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Whenas we traded orpiment. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
3.6 orpiment. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Oakum; oranges, lemons, and limes, orpiment. From Wordnik.com. [The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive. Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Constitution for the Provisional Government, and the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the Treaties Concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes:] Reference
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