brimstone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an old name for sulfur
    native sulfur; native sulphur.

WordNet

Brim"stone noun
Etymology
OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone.
Definitions
  1. Sulphur; See Sulphur.
Brim"stone adjective
Definitions
  1. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.
    From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.

Webster 1913