Definition of Sulphurs

1. Noun. (plural of sulphur) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of sulphur) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulphurs

1. sulphur [v] - See also: sulphur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphurs

sulphurine
sulphuring
sulphurise
sulphurised
sulphurises
sulphurising
sulphurity
sulphurization
sulphurizations
sulphurize
sulphurless
sulphurlike
sulphurous
sulphurous acid
sulphurously
sulphurs (current term)
sulphurtransferase
sulphurtransferases
sulphurwort
sulphurworts
sulphury
sulphuryl
sulphuryls
sulphydrate
sulphydrates
sulphydric acid
sulphydryl
sulphydryls
sulpiride
sultam

Literary usage of Sulphurs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"In these cases the coloured sulphurs are better than the yellow, on account of their ... If these sulphurs are sublimated with vitriol, alum, sal gemma?, ..."

2. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"SUBFAMILY PIERIN/E (THE sulphurs AND WHITES) " Fly, white butterflies, out to sea, Frail pale wings for the winds to try; Small white wings that we scarce ..."

3. An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving, Upon Copper and by William Young Ottley (1816)
"His Practice of taking Impressions of his Engravings in Sulphur: also on damped Paper. The former Method considered. One of these sulphurs described. ..."

4. An Embassy to the Court of St. James's in 1840 by Guizot (François) (1863)
"Quarrel between England and the kingdom of Naples on the Question of the Sicilian sulphurs.—Its origin and causes.— Legitimacy of the demands of the English ..."

5. Philosophical principles of universal chemistry by Georg Ernst Stahl, Peter Shaw (1730)
"... of crude Iron or «' Copper, their sulphurs; and to imbibe the *' Mercury therewith ... sulphurs."

6. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"In these cases the coloured sulphurs are better than the yellow, on account of their ... If these sulphurs are sublimated with vitriol, alum, sal gemma?, ..."

7. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"SUBFAMILY PIERIN/E (THE sulphurs AND WHITES) " Fly, white butterflies, out to sea, Frail pale wings for the winds to try; Small white wings that we scarce ..."

8. An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving, Upon Copper and by William Young Ottley (1816)
"His Practice of taking Impressions of his Engravings in Sulphur: also on damped Paper. The former Method considered. One of these sulphurs described. ..."

9. An Embassy to the Court of St. James's in 1840 by Guizot (François) (1863)
"Quarrel between England and the kingdom of Naples on the Question of the Sicilian sulphurs.—Its origin and causes.— Legitimacy of the demands of the English ..."

10. Philosophical principles of universal chemistry by Georg Ernst Stahl, Peter Shaw (1730)
"... of crude Iron or «' Copper, their sulphurs; and to imbibe the *' Mercury therewith ... sulphurs."

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