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Cinnabar   /sˈɪnəbˌɑr/   Listen
noun
Cinnabar  n.  
1.
(Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
2.
The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.
Cinnabar Graecorum. (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood.
Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.
Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.





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"Cinnabar" Quotes from Famous Books



... baal-samen; Camphire, Cham-phour, [Greek: kamphoura] of Greece; Opium, Ophion. The sweet reed of Egypt was named [47]Canah, and Conah, by way of eminence; also, [48]Can-Osiris. Cinnamon was denominated from Chan-Amon; Cinnabar, [Greek: kinnabaris], from Chan-Abor; the sacred beetle, Cantharus, from Chan-Athur. The harp was styled Cinnor, and was supposed to have been found out by Cinaras; which terms are compounded of Chan-Or, and Chan-Arez; and relate to the Sun, or Apollo, ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant
... mineral resources of the country. Gold, silver, copper, lead, cinnabar, manganese, and all kinds of minerals were represented by a large variety of rich samples. Large blocks of lignite, anthracite, etc., gave an idea of the importance of the coal fields of Peru. Mineral oils, mineral waters, sands from placers, and a variety of salts samples were exhibited demonstrating ...
— Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission • Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission


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