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Definition of Orpiments
1. orpiment [n] - See also: orpiment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orpiments
Literary usage of Orpiments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the End of the Year MDCC by Royal Society (Great Britain)., John Lowthorp (1749)
"... which no Ore yields but Iron \ ib the orpiments are all Gold Ore. And by the
Bye, fome Authors have ..."
2. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1722)
"... which no Ore yields but Iron ; fo the orpiments are all Gold Ore. And by the
bye, fome Authors have ..."
3. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"... care nothing for the schools j and disdain to learn by rote the technical
babble about gusto, chiaro-oscuro, handling, tints and half tints, orpiments, ..."
4. The History of the Reign of George III, to the Termination of the Late War by Robert Bisset (1816)
"... and writings, during the first five years oí the »ui, rested their principal
orpiments to prove, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"Coarse brown sugar, as a substitute for orpiments, is equally efficacious in
decomposing the indigo, and rendering it soluble ; while it likewise serves all ..."
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