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white lead

  1. a poisonous, heavy, white powder, basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO·Pb(OH), used in paints, pottery glazes, etc.
  2. any of several white pigments containing lead, as lead sulfate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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