arsenic : Idioms & Phrases

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arsenic acid

  • noun an acid formed from arsenic pentoxide
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arsenic group

  • noun the univalent group derived from arsine
    cacodyl radical; cacodyl; cacodyl group.
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arsenic trioxide

  • noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
    arsenous oxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenic; ratsbane; arsenic trioxide.
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Ruby of arsenic, Ruby of sulphur

  • (Chem.), a glassy substance of a red color and a variable composition, but always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; called also ruby sulphur.
Webster 1913

White arsenic

  • noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
    arsenous oxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenic; ratsbane; arsenic trioxide.
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  • (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a deadly poison.
Webster 1913