| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| litharge |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lith·arge |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l th ärj , l-thärj |
| NOUN: | A yellow lead oxide, PbO, used in storage batteries and glass and as a pigment. Also called lead monoxide. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English litarge, from Old French, alteration of litargire, from Latin lithargyrus, from Greek litharguros : lithos, stone + arguros, silver; see arg- in Appendix I.
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