massicot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French massicot; English masticot is a corruption.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
massicot (countable and uncountable, plural massicots)
- (chemistry) lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4.
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 169:
- Besides orpiment, already referred to, one occasionally gets mention of massicot, a yellow lead paint.
Usage notes[edit]
- Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.
Translations[edit]
lead monoxide
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Influenced by Italian marzacotto, but ultimately from Arabic مرداسنج (“lead oxide”).
Noun[edit]
massicot m (plural massicots)
Etymology 2[edit]
From the name of Guillaume Massiquot (1797-1870), the inventor of the machine. Previously the common noun was also spelt massiquot.
Noun[edit]
massicot m (plural massicots)
- guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “massicot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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