white pigment

  • 1white lead —    White lead, a whitish corrosion product of lead, was formerly used to provide opacity in paints, especially in house paints. The white pigment in a colored paint is often called the hiding pigment. In addition to preventing the sun s damaging… …

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  • 2white — [hwīt, wīt] adj. whiter, whitest [ME hwit < OE, akin to Ger weiss, ON hvitr, MDu wit < IE * kweid , to gleam, bright, white > WHEAT, OSlav švěšta, a light, candle] 1. having the color of pure snow or milk; of the color of radiated,… …

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  • 3White — White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely attired …

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  • 4White of a seed — White White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely… …

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  • 5White of egg — White White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely… …

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  • 6White of the eye — White White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely… …

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  • 7pigment — /pig meuhnt/, n. 1. a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc. 2. a coloring matter or substance. 3. Biol. any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or… …

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  • 8White — This article is about the color. For other uses, see White (disambiguation). white light redirects here. For other uses, see White Light. White   Common connotations  ghos …

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  • 9white lead — noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead • Syn: ↑ceruse, ↑lead carbonate • Hypernyms: ↑pigment …

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  • 10white lead — noun a white pigment consisting of a mixture of lead carbonate and lead hydroxide …

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